(chiefly N. Amer. or technical)of or relating to heat; calorific (主北美或技)(与)热(有关)的;生热的 a caloric value of 7 calories per gram. 每克七卡热量。
noun
[mass noun](Physics, historical)(in the late 18th and early 19th centuries) a hypothetical fluid substance that was thought to be responsible for the phenomena of heat (物理史)热质
派生 calorically adverb 语源
late 18th cent. (as a noun): from French calorique, from Latin calor 'heat'