Definitions of caloric

1. The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; - not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat.

2. Heat: the supposed principle or cause of heat.

3. The supposed principle of heat.

4. Heat; formerly, a supposed principle of heat.

5. Heat; properly the presumed subtle element which causes heat.

6. The cause or matter which produces heat.

7. of or relating to calories in food; " comparison of foods on a caloric basis"; " the caloric content of foods"

8. Pertaining to heat in this sense.