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Detailed Synonyms for Calorie in English
Calorie:
Calorie [the ~] nom
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the 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 1the large calorie; the nutritionist's calorie; the Calorie; the kilocalorie; the kilogram 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 1