kilogram-calorie
21calorie — originally a unit of heat (from Latin calor, ‘heat’), in the 20c has stepped out of the physics laboratory into general use as a measure of the energy value of food. The general public have adopted what physicists call the large calorie (i.e. the …
22Calorie — Cal o*rie, n. [F., fr. L. calor heat.] (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[deg] to… …
23calorie — also calory noun (plural ries) Etymology: French calorie, from Latin calor heat, from calēre to be warm more at lee Date: 1866 1. a. the amount of heat required at a pressure of one atmosphere to raise the temperature of one gram of water one… …
24calorie — Two different calorie units are used by scientists. The calorie used by medical science is a small heat unit. It equals the heat required to raise the them of one gram of water one degree Celsius. The calorie used by engineering science is a… …
25calorie — Synonyms and related words: BTU, British thermal unit, atomerg, dinamode, dyne, energid, erg, foot pound, great calorie, horsepower hour, horsepower year, joule, kilocalorie, kilogram meter, kilowatt hour, photon, quantum, rational calorie, therm …
26calorie — noun (plural calories) 1》 (also small calorie) the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1°C (now usually defined as 4.1868 joules). 2》 (also large calorie) the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of… …
27Calorie — n. (also calory) (pl. ies) a unit of quantity of heat: 1 (in full small calorie) the amount needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C. Usage: Abbr.: cal. 2 (in full large calorie) the amount needed to raise the temperature… …
28calorie — n. (also calory) (pl. ies) a unit of quantity of heat: 1 (in full small calorie) the amount needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C. Usage: Abbr.: cal. 2 (in full large calorie) the amount needed to raise the temperature… …
29large calorie — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Calorie,… …
30nutritionist's calorie — noun 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 • Syn: ↑Calorie,… …
