| calorie or calory (ˈkælərɪ) | |
| —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 It has now largely been replaced by the joule for scientific purposes | |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] | |