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Calorie   Listen
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Calorie  n.  (Physics) The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0° to 1°. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound.





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"Calorie" Quotes from Famous Books



... CALORIE; symbol C.; a heat unit and food value unit; is that amount of heat necessary to raise one pound ...
— Diet and Health - With Key to the Calories • Lulu Hunt Peters


Words linked to "Calorie" :   work unit, heat unit, kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, caloric, calorie chart, small calorie


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