ADJECTIVE | pert | caloric, thermal, thermic | relating to or associated with heat |
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pert | caloric | of or relating to calories in food |
Sounds | kahlao'rihk | |
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Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... |
Meaning | relating to or associated with heat. | |
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Example | "the caloric effect of sunlight" | |
Synonyms | thermal, thermic | |
Opposite | nonthermal | not involving heat |
Spanish | calórico, calorífico, termal, térmico | |
Catalan | calòric, calorífic, termal, tèrmic | |
Nouns | calorie | unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure |
heat | a form of energy that is transferred by a difference in temperature |
Meaning | Of or relating to calories in food. | |
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Spanish | calórico | |
Nouns | Calorie, nutritionist's calorie | a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure |
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