caloricity Biol.
(kæləˈrɪsɪtɪ)
[f. caloric n. + -ity: cf. F. caloricité.]
The faculty in living beings of developing heat so as to maintain nearly the same temperature at all times.
| 1836–9 Todd Cycl. Anat. II. 651/1 Caloricity or the power of evolving caloric. |