calorie unit
41small calorie — noun 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 • Syn: ↑calorie, ↑gram calorie • Derivationally related forms: ↑caloric (for: ↑calorie) • …
42British Thermal Unit — Pour les articles homonymes, voir BTU. Le British Thermal Unit (abrégé en Btu ou BTU) est une unité d énergie anglo saxonne qui est définie par la quantité de chaleur nécessaire pour élever la température d une livre anglaise d eau d un degré °F… …
43British thermal unit — Pour les articles homonymes, voir BTU. Unité d énergie, BTU Le British Thermal Unit (abrégé en Btu ou BTU) est une unité d énergie anglo saxonne qui est définie par la quantité de chaleur nécessaire pour élever la température d une livre anglaise …
44British thermal unit — The British thermal unit (BTU or Btu) is a unit of energy used in the power, steam generation, heating and air conditioning industries. Although it is still used unofficially in metric English speaking countries (such as Canada, the United… …
45British thermal unit — (Btu or BTU or BThU) a unit of heat energy defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. In America the British thermal unit is sometimes called the heat unit. In defining the… …
46IT calorie — common name for the international steam table calorie, a unit of energy equal to exactly 4.1868 joules. See calorie …
47kilogram calorie — (kcal or kgcal) the large calorie or food calorie used in nutrition, equal to 1000 ordinary ( gram ) calories. The correct name for this unit is kilocalorie …
48British thermal unit — Equivalent E*quiv a*lent ([ e]*kw[i^]v [.a]*lent), n. 1. Something equivalent; that which is equal in value, worth, weight, or force; as, to offer an equivalent for damage done. [1913 Webster] He owned that, if the Test Act were repealed, the… …
49Thermal unit — Thermal Ther mal, a. [L. thermae hot springs, fr. Gr. ?, pl. of ? heat, fr. ? hot, warm, ? to warm, make hot; perhaps akin to L. formus warm, and E. forceps.] 1. Of or pertaining to heat; warm; hot; as, the thermal unit; thermal waters. [1913… …
50Langley (unit) — The langley (Ly) is a unit of energy distribution over area. It is used to measure solar radiation (or insolation). The unit was named after Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834 1906) in 1947.Definitions*One langley is one thermochemical calorie per… …
