calorific

[kal-uh-rif-ik]

adjective

pertaining to conversion into heat.

Origin of calorific

1675–85; < Late Latin calōrificus causing warmth, warming, equivalent to calōri- (stem of calor heat) + -ficus -fic

Related formscal·o·rif·i·cal·ly, adverbun·cal·o·rif·ic, adjective

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Examples from the Web for calorific

Contemporary Examples of calorific

From Peeps to Cadbury eggs, The Daily Beast ranks the 25 most calorific candies.
Most Fattening Easter Candy
The Daily Beast
April 20, 2011

Historical Examples of calorific

Is the compass a chemical influence, or electrical, or calorific, or what not?
The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles
Jean Henri Fabre
No modification of the calorific theory will account for them.
The Philosophy of the Weather
Thomas Belden Butler
A brilliant sun, but without any calorific action, was just issuing from the ocean.
The Mysterious Island
Jules Verne
No details as to the composition, illuminating power, and calorific values of the gas so made have been published.
Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use
F. H. Leeds
It is curious to trace the varied fates of the calorific rays which strike on the surface of the earth.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVI, July 1852, Vol. V
Various

British Dictionary definitions for calorific

calorific

adjective

of, concerning, or generating heat

Derived Formscalorifically, adverb

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