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Definition of Calorie
1. 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.
Generic synonyms: Energy Unit, Heat Unit, Work Unit
Terms within: Gram Calorie, Small Calorie
Derivative terms: Caloric
2. 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.
Generic synonyms: Energy Unit, Heat Unit, Work Unit
Group relationships: Kilocalorie, Kilogram Calorie, Large Calorie, Nutritionist's Calorie
Derivative terms: Caloric
Definition of Calorie
1. n. 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.
Definition of Calorie
1. Noun. (''physics and chemistry, obsolete'') the gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C. ¹
2. Noun. (nutrition) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Calorie
1. a unit of heat [n -S]
Medical Definition of Calorie
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Calorie
Literary usage of Calorie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Effects of Agricultural Commercialization on Land Tenure, Household Resource by Howarth E. Bouis, Lawrence James Haddad (1990)
"FOOD EXPENDITURES AND calorie INTAKES The links between income and food expenditures
at the household level, between food expenditures and household calorie ..."
2. The Effects on Income Distribution and Nutrition of Alternative Rice Price by Prasarn Trairatvorakul (1984)
"A study of protein-calorie malnutrition . therefore, is intimately related to
... The figures for calorie intake used in this analysis are derived from the ..."
3. A Laboratory Hand-book for Dietetics by Mary Swartz Rose (1912)
"TO FIND THE WEIGHT OF A STANDARD OR 100-calorie PORTION OF ANY SINGLE FOOD MATERIAL.
In order to obtain an intelligent idea of the relative value of ..."
4. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"The Douglas and Schopfer (7) reported that monocyte phagocytic indices are not
altered by severe protein-calorie malnutrition. Pas- swell et al. ..."
5. Food Consumption Parameters for Brazil and Their Application to Food Policy by Cheryl Williamson Gray (1982)
"THE TRADE-OFF BETWEEN FOOD QUANTITY AND FOOD QUALITY It is somewhat surprising
that persons whose calorie consumption is more than 400 calories below ..."
6. Engineering Chemistry: A Manual of Quantitative Chemical Analysis by Thomas Bliss Stillman (1897)
"A calorie is tlie standard heat unit, and represents the heat required to raise the
... The " pound calorie " is sometimes used by English writers : it ..."
7. The Food Stamp Scheme in Sri Lanka: Costs, Benefits, and Options for by Neville Edirisinghe (1987)
"If Z< 1, that is, if the calorie price index is less than the food price index,
... Some implications also follow for C0, calorie consumption in period 0, ..."
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