英语词汇“calorific values”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

calorific values

释义

calorie or calory /kalˈə-ri/

noun

The amount of heat needed to raise one gram of water 1º centigrade in temperature, usu from 14.5ºC to 15.5ºC (small or gram-calorie) (in 1950 it was recommended that this should be superseded as a unit of heat and internal energy by the joule)
An international table calorie (cal_IT) = 4.1868 joules, a thermo-chemical calorie = 4.1840 joules
(sometimes with cap) the amount of heat needed to raise one kilogram of water 1º centigrade in temperature (great, large, or kilogram-calorie, kilocalorie; = 1000 small calories) (used in expressing the heat- or energy-producing value of foods)
The hundredth part of the heat required to raise a gram from 0º to 100º (mean calorie; equal to 4.1897 joules)

ORIGIN: L calor heat

calorescence /kal-ər-esˈəns/ noun

(an ill-formed word meaning the opposite of what it should mean) the transmutation of heat rays into luminous rays

caloric /ka-lorˈik/ adjective

Of or relating to heat or calories

noun (archaic)

The nature of heat as a subtle, self-repellent fluid, according to a principle, caloric theory, widely held up to c.1850

caloricˈity noun

calorifˈic adjective

Of, relating to, or causing heat
Heating

calorifˈically adverb

calorificāˈtion noun

calorˈifīer noun

An apparatus for heating water in a tank, the source of heat being a coil of heated pipes immersed in the water

calorimˈeter noun

An instrument or apparatus for measuring heat capacities, latent heats, thermal constants, etc

calorimetˈric adjective

calorimˈetry noun

calˈorist noun

A person who believes the caloric theory (see under caloric above)

Calor Gas® noun

A type of gas for cooking, heating, etc, usu sold in large metal containers for use where there is no permanent supply of gas

caloric test noun (medicine)

A test (used to determine whether a patient with hearing loss has a diseased inner ear) in which the outer ear is flooded with water at temperatures above and below body temperature and the consequent effect on the inner ear is apparent in reflex flickering of the eye

calorie conscious adjective

Being aware of the number of calories in food, esp in order to lose weight

calorie controlled adjective

Of a diet in which consumption of calories is strictly controlled in order to lose weight

calorie counter or Calorie counter noun

A person who or device that counts calories, esp as part of a weight-reducing diet

calorific value noun

Of a food or fuel, the number of heat units produced by complete combustion of unit mass

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