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Calorie kilogram calorie kilocalorie 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 WordNet 3.0

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The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. OmegaWiki

Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, approximately 4.2 kilojoules. Wiktionary

A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories, used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie or Calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal. Wiktionary

Unit of measure. Wiktionary (translation)

The amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by a degree centigrade: a unit of measure of energy. Wiktionary

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work unit

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calorie

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caloric

BabelNet

Cal, kcal

WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet

Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie