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Definition of Calorific
1. Adjective. Heat-generating. "The calorific properties of fuels"
Definition of Calorific
1. a. Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating.
Definition of Calorific
1. Adjective. (British) Relating to calories. ¹
2. Adjective. (British physics) Relating to or producing heat or other energy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calorific
1. [adj]
Medical Definition of Calorific
1. Producing heat. Origin: L. Calor, heat (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calorific
Literary usage of Calorific
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Making, Shaping and Treating of Steel by James McIntyre Camp, Charles Blaine Francis (1920)
"The calorific Power of some common elements in simple oxidation reactions is as
... calorific Power in Calories per Kilo. H 2H2+O2=2H2O Liquid 34500 H ..."
2. Foods and Their Adulteration: Origin, Manufacture, and Composition of Food by Harvey Washington Wiley (1917)
"The calorific power of milk, therefore, depends more on its content of fat ...
Method of Computing calorific Value.—In order to obtain the calorific value ..."
3. The Metabolism and Energy Transformations of Healthy Man During Rest by Francis Gano Benedict, Thorne Martin Carpenter (1910)
"their calorific equivalents, were of incalculable value in indicating with great
... The calorific equivalents of oxygen and carbon dioxide for a number of ..."
4. The Electric Furnace: Its Evolution, Theory and Practice by Alfred Stansfield (1907)
"The amount of heat produced by unit weight of a fuel, is known as its calorific
power, and is usually measured in the corresponding heat units; that is, ..."
5. Journal by Chartered Insurance Institute (1893)
"92-19 4-24 3-57 calorific Value of Wood.—Taking the calorific value of the lime or
... It is thus seen that the calorific value of soft woods is equal to or ..."
6. Elements of Metallurgy: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Extracting Metals by John Arthur Phillips (1887)
"The calorific powers of hydrogen and carbon are, however, respectively 34462 and
8080, or, ... It consequently follows that the calorific power of 1 of ..."
7. Metallurgy: The Art of Extracting Metals from Their Ores by John Percy (1875)
"The most obvious basis from which to calculate the calorific power of any fuel,
the combustible part of which consisted of variable ..."
8. Modern Theories of Chemistry by Lothar Meyer (1888)
"A large class of decompositions are known in which the negative calorific effects
have been seldom or never observed, whilst in other instances such changes ..."
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