cal·o·rie
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Calorie
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kil·o·cal·o·rie
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| one thousand small calories. Abbreviation: kcal Also called Calorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie. Compare calorie (def. 1a). |
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| cal·o·rie
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[French, from Latin calor, heat; see caloric.] |
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calorie
1866, from L. calor (gen. caloris) "heat," from PIE base *kel- "warm" (cf. L. calere "be hot;" Skt. carad- "harvest," lit. "hot time;" Lith. silti "become warm," silus "August;" O.N. hlær "warm"). Technically, the heat required to raise 1 kilogram of water 1 degree Celsius. In scientific use, largely replaced 1950 by the joule. Caloric, the supposed elastic fluid that accounted for phenomena of heat in Lavoisier's now-abandoned theory, was in use from 1792.
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| 1. | a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food |
| 2. | unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure |
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calorie1 [ˈkӕləri] noun
(abbreviated to cal when written) a unit of heat
calorie2 [ˈkӕləri] noun
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a unit of energy given by food
Example: My diet allows me 1,200 calories per day.
Example: My diet allows me 1,200 calories per day.
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calorie
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Calorie
The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. A calorie (with a lower-case c) is a measurement of the heat needed to raise the temperature of a gram of water, rather than a kilogram.
[Chapter:] Physical Sciences and Mathematics
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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 (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0[deg] to 1[deg]. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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