Calor may refer to:
Science
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Heat
In thermodynamics, heat is energy in transfer between a thermodynamic system and its surroundings by such mechanisms as thermal conduction, electromagnetic radiation, and friction, which are microscopic in nature, involving sub-atomic, ato ...
(Latin: ), in thermodynamics, or the human perception of:
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Thermal energy
The term "thermal energy" is often used ambiguously in physics and engineering. It can denote several different physical concepts, including:
* Internal energy: The energy contained within a body of matter or radiation, excluding the potential en ...
, in physics and engineering
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Temperature
Temperature is a physical quantity that quantitatively expresses the attribute of hotness or coldness. Temperature is measurement, measured with a thermometer. It reflects the average kinetic energy of the vibrating and colliding atoms making ...
, the manifestation of thermal energy
* Heat (Latin: ), one of the cardinal signs of
inflammation
Inflammation (from ) is part of the biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, or irritants. The five cardinal signs are heat, pain, redness, swelling, and loss of function (Latin ''calor'', '' ...
in medicine
Other uses
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Calor River (disambiguation)
Calor is the Latin name of two Italian rivers:
* The Calore Irpino (or Calore Beneventano), a tributary of the Volturno
* The Calore Lucano
The Calore Lucano (or ''Calore Salernitano'') is a river in Campania,
southern Italy, whose course is ent ...
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Calore Irpino
The Calore Irpino or Calore Beneventano or Calore river is a river in southwestern Italy. It rises from ''Colle Finestra'' ( above sea level), a mountain saddle between Monte Acellica and the Terminio sub-group in the Monti Picentini, sub-range o ...
(or Calore Beneventano), a tributary of the Volturno
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Calore Lucano
The Calore Lucano (or ''Calore Salernitano'') is a river in Campania,
southern Italy, whose course is entirely included in the province of Salerno, within Cilento, for a total of about . It is an important left tributary of the Sele. In ancient t ...
(or Calore Salernitano), a tributary of the Sele
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Calor Gas
Calor is a brand of bottled butane and propane which is available in Britain and Ireland. It comes in cylinders, which have a special gas regulator.
The company was formed in 1935, and is one of the UK's largest suppliers of liquefied petrole ...
, a brand of bottled propane and butane gas
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''Calor'' (album), a 1992 album by Julio Iglesias
See also
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Calorie
The calorie is a unit of energy that originated from the caloric theory of heat. The large calorie, food calorie, dietary calorie, kilocalorie, or kilogram calorie is defined as the amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one liter o ...
, a unit of energy
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Caloric theory
The caloric theory is an obsolete scientific theory that heat consists of a self-repellent fluid called caloric that flows from hotter bodies to colder bodies. Caloric was also thought of as a weightless gas that could pass in and out of pores ...
, an obsolete scientific theory
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Caloric reflex test
In medicine, the caloric reflex test (sometimes termed vestibular caloric stimulation) is a test of the vestibulo-ocular reflex that involves irrigating cold or warm water or air into the external auditory canal. This method was developed by Robe ...
, a test of the vestibulo-ocular reflex
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Caloric, a brand of kitchen appliances
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Calorimetry
In chemistry and thermodynamics, calorimetry () is the science or act of measuring changes in '' state variables'' of a body for the purpose of deriving the heat transfer associated with changes of its state due, for example, to chemical reac ...
, thermodynamic state measurement
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Caloy Caloy is a nickname for Carlos in the Philippines. Notable people known by this name include the following:
*Caloy Balcells, nickname for Carlos Balcells (fl. 1985–present), Spanish Filipino bass guitar player
*Caloy Garcia, nickname for Carlos ...
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Heat (disambiguation)
Heat is energy in transfer to or from a thermodynamic system by mechanisms other than thermodynamic work or transfer of matter.
Heat or HEAT may also refer to:
Science and technology
* Heat wave, a period of excessively hot weather
* HEAT repeat, ...
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