NOMBRE | quantity | caloría grande, caloría, kilocaloría | 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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Sentido | 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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Sinónimos | caloría, kilocaloría | |
Partes | caloría, caloría pequeña | 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 |
General | caloría, unidad de energía, unidad de trabajo | A unit of measurement for work |
Inglés | Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie | |
Catalán | quilocaloria | |
Adjetivo | calórico | Of or relating to calories in food |
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