<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>Of or relating to calories: the caloric content of food.</li><li>Of or relating to heat.</li><li>(Of engines) Driven by heat.</li><li>High in calories: a caloric meal.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>Archaic: Heat.</li><li>A hypothetical fluid whose presence in matter was thought to determine its thermal state.</li></ul>