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calorics

calorics noun: the study of heat flow and heat transfer.

Noun

calorics (uncountable)

  1. The study of heat flow and heat transfer.

Origin of calorics

From calorie + -ics. From Latin calor (“heat”).

Questions about calorics

What does calorics mean?
Calorics means the study of heat flow and heat transfer.
What part of speech is calorics?
Calorics is a noun.

Words near calorics in the dictionary

  1. calorically
  2. caloricist
  3. caloricists
  4. caloricities
  5. caloricity
  6. calorics
  7. caloriduct
  8. caloriducts
  9. calorie
  10. calorie bomb
  11. calorie bombs

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