caloric
- adjective
- /kəˈlɔrɪk/
- Archaic
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calórico
- We believed that this would be an objective method of determining what occurred in the inner ear, as measured by changes in the caloric excitability difference.
- caloric stimulation
Examples
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Fluids that are significantly warmer or cooler than body temperature can produce caloric stimulation of the inner ear and result in dizziness.
Academic text (2004) -
Being familiar with the recent development of the first law, he discovered and corrected the error due to the caloric theory, which led him to his discovery of an absolute temperature scale.
Academic text (2007) -
This was sort of a stretch, at least it seems so from our perspective, that caloric heat when it gets oxidized yields oxygen gas.
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Electronystagmography with caloric stimulation was normal.
Academic text (1995) -
Of the 37 patients, approximately 75% have exhibited a significant change in caloric excitability difference.
Academic text (2003) -
One was that the prevailing temperature scale was based on the freezing and boiling points of water; the other was the prevailing concept of heat as a caloric fluid that had to be conserved during the cycle.
Academic text (2007) -
His later writings indicate he was dissatisfied with the caloric theory, and had he not died in 1832, Carnot might have preempted Joule in rejecting it.
Academic text (2007) -
I would say "yes," but then we could also argue that the fact that we still measure heat energy in "calories" means that the "caloric theory" wasn't overthrown completely (and, indeed, it wasn't... many of the conceptual understandings from heat flow are still used even though we understand there is no "caloric").
Blog text (21) -
Both the Alternate Binaural Bithermal (ABB) and the Simultaneous Binaural Bithermal (SBB) were used as the caloric stimuli.
Academic text (1995) -
In caloric testing, warm fluids can induce a sensation of motion in the inner ear.
Synonyms
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Relating to heat or made to keep heat in
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Happening because of heat
Producing heat or able to produce heat
Surface Forms
Morphology
caloric = calor (semi-transparent) = calor + ic
The term 'caloric' in this context is derived from 'calor', referring to heat, but may not be immediately obvious to those unfamiliar with historical scientific terminology.
Etymology
Caloric comes from the Latin root calor meaning 'heat', so the word is used to describe things that have to do with 'heat' or heat-related properties. That's why you see caloric used in scientific talk about how things gain or lose heat.