Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Calmy

Calm″y (?), a. [Fr. Calm, n.] Tranquil; peaceful; calm. “A still and calmy day” Spenser.

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Calomel

Cal″o‐mel (kăl″ō̍‐mĕl), n. [Gr. καλόσ beautiful + μέλασ black. So called from its being white, though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate. Cf. F. calomé...

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Calorescence

Cal′o‐res″cence (?), n. [L. calor heat.] (Physics) The conversion of obscure radiant heat into light; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility. Tyn...

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Caloric

Ca‐lor″ic (?), 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 no...

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Caloric (2)

Ca‐lor″ic, a. Of or pertaining to caloric.Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated by heated air.

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Caloricity

Cal′o‐ric″ity (?), n.(Physiol.) A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat necessary to life, that is, the animal heat.

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Caloriduct

Ca‐lor″i‐duct (?), n. [L. calor heat (fr. calere to warm) + E. duct.] A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.

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Calorie

Cal″o‐rie (?), 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 (som...

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Calorifacient

Ca‐lor′i‐fa″cient (?), a.(Physiol.) See Calorificient.

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Calorifere

Ca‐lor″i‐fere (?), n. [F. calorifère, fr. L. calor heat + ferre to bear.] An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.

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Calorifiant

Ca‐lor′i‐fi″ant (?), a.(Physiol.) See Calorificient.

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Calorific

Cal′o‐rif″ic (?), a. [L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique.] Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating.Calorific rays, the invisible, heating ...

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Calorification

Ca‐lor′i‐fi‐ca″tion (kȧ‐lŏr′ĭ‐fĭ‐kā″shŭn), n. [Cf. F. calorification.] Production of heat, esp. animal heat.

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Calorificient

Ca‐lor′i‐fi″cient (?), a.(Physiol.) Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; — applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to...

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Calorimeter

Cal′o‐rim″e‐ter (?), n. [L. calor heat + -meter; cf. F. calorimètre.] 1. (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechan...

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Calorimetric

Ca‐lor′i‐met″ric (?), a. Of or pertaining to the process of using the calorimeter.Satisfactory calorimetric results.Nichol.

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Calorimetry

Cal′o‐rim″e‐try (?), n.(Physics) Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies.

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Calorimotor

Ca‐lor′i‐mo″tor (?), n. [L. calor heat + E. motor.] (Physics) A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.

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Calorisator

‖Ca‐lor″i‐sa′tor (?), n. [NL., heater, fr. L. calor heat.] An apparatus used in beet-sugar factories to heat the juice in order to aid the diffusion.

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Calotte

{ ‖Ca‐lotte″ (?), Cal″lot (?) }, n. [F. calotte, dim. of cale a sort of flat cap. Cf. Caul.] A close cap without visor or brim. Especially: (a) Such a cap, worn by English serje...

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Calotype

Cal″o‐type (?), n. [Gr. καλόσ beautiful + τύποσ type.] (Photog.) A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; — also called Talbotype, fr...

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Caloyer

Ca‐loy″er (?), n. [F., fr. NGr. ��������� a monk; καλόσ beautiful, good + �����, equiv. to Gr. ����� an old man.] A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of...

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Calque

Calque, v. t. See 2d Calk, v. t.

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Caltrop

{ Cal″trop (?), Cal″trap (?), } n. [OE. calketrappe, calletrappe, caltor (in both senses), fr. AS. collræppe, calcetreppe, sort of thistle; cf. F. chaussetrape star thistle, tra...

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Calumba

Ca‐lum″ba (?), n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It ha...

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Calumbin

Ca‐lum″bin (?), n.(Chem.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root. [Written also colombin, and columbin]

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Calumet

Cal″u‐met (?), n. [F. calumet, fr. L. calamus reed. See Halm, and cf. Shawm.] A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of...