n. a genus of tall evergreens of West North America and East Asia; formerly included in genus
n. large genus of West North American leafy-stemmed bulbous herbs.
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n. a genus of terrestrial orchids of North America.
n. [ L. calor heat. ] (Physics) The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility. Tyndall. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to caloric. [ 1913 Webster ]
Caloric engine,
n. [ L. calor heat; cf. F. calorique. ] (Physics) The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat. [ 1913 Webster ]
Caloric expands all bodies. Henry. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Physiol.) A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. calor heat (fr. calere to warm) + E. duct. ] A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F., fr. L. calor heat. ] (Physics) The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0° to 1°. Compare the English standard unit,