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calorific, a. Physics.|kæləˈrɪfɪk|
[a. F. calorifique:—L. calōrific-us heat-making: see -fic.]
1. Producing heat. Esp. in calorific value (see quot. 1904).
1682Grew Anat. Plants (J.) A calorifick principle is either excited within the heated body, or transferred to it. 1686Goad Celest. Bodies ii. ii. 161 Luminous and Calorifique Bodies. 1861H. Macmillan Footn. Page Nat. 197 The sunbeam..divided into actinic, luminous and calorific rays. 1869Tyndall Notes Lect. Light §246 The non-luminous calorific rays may be thus transformed into luminous ones. 1904Goodchild & Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 81/2 Calorific value, the measure of the amount of heat obtainable from a given weight of fuel. 1950Ann. Reg. 1949 465 Adjustments were made to coal prices in pursuance of the policy of making prices reflect relative calorific values.
2. loosely. Of or pertaining to heat; thermal.
1812Sir H. Davy Chem. Philos. 67 Active powers, such as gravitation, cohesion, calorific repulsion or heat. 1860Tyndall Glac. i. §22. 151 To make good the calorific waste. |