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| —n , pl -ries | |
| Compare Calorie cal, gram calorie, Also called: small calorie a unit of heat, equal to 4.1868 joules (International Table calorie): formerly defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C under standard conditions. It has now largely been replaced by the joule for scientific purposes | |
| [C19: from French, from Latin calor heat] | |
| calory or calory | |
| —n | |
| [C19: from French, from Latin calor heat] | |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| Calorie (ˈkælərɪ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, Also called: large calorie, Cal a unit of heat, equal to one thousand calories, often used to express the heat output of an organism or the energy value of food |
| 2. | the amount of a specific food capable of producing one thousand calories of energy |
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calorie cal·o·rie (kāl'ə-rē)
n.
A unit of energy-producing potential supplied by food and released upon oxidation by the body, equal to the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1°C at one atmosphere pressure. Also called nutritionist's calorie.
The unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1°C at 1 atmosphere pressure. Also called kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie.
Any of several approximately equal units of heat, each measured as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C from a standard initial temperature at 1 atmosphere pressure. Also called gram calorie, small calorie.
The unit of heat equal to 1/100 the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water from 0 to 100°C at 1 atmosphere pressure. Also called mean calorie.
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