Definition
The branch of physics dealing with heat and thermal energy; also referring to the study of calories and energy content in food.
Etymology
Formed from 'caloric' with the noun-forming suffix '-s' or '-ics,' creating a field name similar to 'physics' or 'thermodynamics.' Developed in 18th-century scientific terminology.
Kelly Says
Early calorics was a real field of study in the 1700s-1800s, with serious scientists using it to describe heat behavior—it's a great example of how wrong a scientific field can be yet still seem completely reasonable to the smartest people of its time.
Translations
ARالعربية
السعرات الحرارية
as-sa-arat al-hara-riyya
BNবাংলা
ক্যালোরি
ka-lo-ri
CACatalà
calòries
ka-lo-rees
CSČeština
kalorie
ka-lo-ree
DEDeutsch
Kalorien
ka-lo-ree-en
ELΕλληνικά
kaloríes
ka-lo-rees
ESEspañol
calorías
ka-lo-ree-as
FISuomi
kalorit
ka-lo-rit
FRFrançais
calories
ka-lo-ree
HEעברית
קלוריות
kla-ro-ti-im
HIहिन्दी
कैलोरी
ka-lo-ree
HUMagyar
kalóriák
ka-lo-ria-k
IDBahasa Indonesia
kalori
ka-lo-ri
ITItaliano
calorie
ka-lo-ree
MSBahasa Melayu
kalori
ka-lo-ree
MYမြန်မာ
ကယ်လောရီ
ka-la-o-ree
NLNederlands
calorie
ka-lo-ree
NONorsk
kalorier
ka-lo-ree-er
PLPolski
kalorie
ka-lo-ree
PTPortuguês
calorias
ka-lo-ree-as
RORomână
calorii
ka-lo-ree-e
RUРусский
калории
ka-lo-rii
SVSvenska
kalorier
ka-lo-ree-er
SWKiswahili
kalori
ka-lo-ree
TEతెలుగు
కేలరీలు
ke-la-ree-lu
TLTL
kaloriya
ka-lo-ree-ya
TRTürkçe
kaloriler
ka-lo-ri-ler
UKУкраїнська
калорії
ka-lo-rii
ZUZU
ikaloori
i-ka-lo-ree