| NOUN | quantity | nutritionist's calorie, Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large 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 |
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| Meaning | 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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| Synonyms | Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie | |
| Parts | 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 |
| Broader | work unit, heat unit, energy unit | A unit of measurement for work |
| Spanish | caloría grande, caloría, kilocaloría | |
| Catalan | quilocaloria | |
| Adjectives | caloric | of or relating to calories in food |
| noncaloric | of food have no (or few) calories | |
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