calorificadj.
/kaləˈrɪfɪk/ Physics.
1. Producing heat. Esp. in calorific value (see quot. 1904).
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1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica ii. ii. 161 Luminous and Calorifique Bodies.
1701 N. Grew Cosmol. Sacra i. iii. §9 [A] Calorifick Principle..is either excited within the Heated Body, or transferred to it.
1861 H. Macmillan Footnotes from Nature 197 The sunbeam..divided into actinic, luminous and calorific rays.
1869 J. Tyndall Notes 9 Lect. on Light §246 The non-luminous calorific rays may be thus transformed into luminous ones.
1904 G. F. Goodchild & C. F. Tweney Technol. & Sci. Dict. 81/2 Calorific value, the measure of the amount of heat obtainable from a given weight of fuel.
1950 Ann. 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.
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1812 H. Davy Elements Chem. Philos. 67 Active powers, such as gravitation, cohesion, calorific repulsion or heat.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. §22. 151 To make good the calorific waste.
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Of or relating to the calorie content of food; (in later use esp.) containing a high number of calories.
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1848 Lancet 18 Mar. 309/2 This rule would of course reduce the calorific value of oats, peas and most other vegetable substances.
1868 F. G. Smith Carpenter's Princ. Human Physiol. (new ed.) iii. 66 The equivalent of lean flesh required to produce the same calorific effect with the foregoing, would be no less than 770.
1911 H. W. Wiley Foods & their Adulteration (ed. 2) x. 501 The calorific power of milk..depends more on its content of fat.
1984 Washington Post (Nexis) 17 July e11 Have sherbet or fruit salad for dessert instead of calorific cakes, puddings and pies.
1991 Independent 16 Nov. 35/2 Crisps, nuts and other highly calorific bar snacks.
2005 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 31 Mar. a1/5 To improve his calorific intake..nutrition via the positioning of a nasal gastric tube has begun.
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