Part 1565

<blockquote>The gentle <b>calmness</b> of the flood. <i>Denham.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Hes <b>calmness</b> was the repose of conscious power. <i>E. Everett.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- Quietness; quietude; stillness; tranquillity; serenity; repose; composure; sedateness; placidity.</syn>

<h1>Calmucks</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"mucks</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt><def>; <i>sing</i>. <er>Calmuck</er>. A branch of the Mongolian race inbabiting parts of the Russian and Chinese empires; also (<i>sing</i>.), the language of the Calmucks.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Kalmucks</asp>.]</altsp>

<h1>Calmy</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Calm"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Fr. <er>Calm</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <def>Tranquil; peaceful; calm.</def> <mark>[Poet.]</mark> "A still and <i>calmy</i> day"

<i>Spenser.</i>

<h1>Calomel</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"o*mel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ beautuful + <?/<?/<?/<?/<?/ black. So called from its being white, though made from a black mixture of mercury and corrosive sublimate. Cf. F. <ets>calom\'82las</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Mild chloride of mercury, Hg<?/Cl<?/, a heavy, white or yellowish white substance, insoluble and tastelles, much used in medichine as a mercurial and purgative; mercurous chloride. It occurs native as the mineral born quicksiver.</def>

<h1>Calorescence</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal`o*res"cence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calor</ets> heat.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The conversion of obscure radiant heat info kight; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility.</def>

<i>Tyndall.</i>

<h1>Caloric</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Ca*lor"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calor</ets> heat; cf. F. <ets>calorique</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat.</def>

<blockquote><b>Caloric</b> expands all bodies. <i>Henry.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Caloric</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Ca*lor"ic</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to caloric.</def>

<cs><col>Caloric engine</col>, <cd>a kind of engine operated air.</cd></cs>

<h1>Caloricity</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal`o*ric"ity</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat nesessary to life, that is, the animal heat.</def>

<h1>Caloriduct</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Ca*lor"i*duct</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>calor</ets> heat (fr. <ets>calere</ets> to warm) + E. <ets>duct</ets>.]</ety> <def>A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.</def>

<h1>Calorie</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Cal"o*rie</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., fr. L. <ets>calor</ets> heat.]</ety> <fld>(Physics)</fld> <def>The unit of heat according to the Frensc standard; the amount of heat requires to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0<?/ to 1<?/. Compfre the English standart unit. <i>Foot pound</i>.</def>

<h1>Calorifacient</h1> <Xpage=205>

<hw>Ca*lor`i*fa"cient</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>See <er>Calorificient</er>.</def>

<h1>Calorifere</h1> <Xpage=205>