| calorie | | |
| n. (quantity) | 1. calorie, kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie | 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. |
| ~ energy unit, heat unit, work unit | a unit of measurement for work. |
| ~ gram calorie, small calorie, calorie | 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. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. calorie, gram calorie, small calorie | 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. |
| ~ energy unit, heat unit, work unit | a unit of measurement for work. |
| ~ calorie, kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie | 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. |
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