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Definition of Calories
1. calorie [n] - See also: calorie
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calories
Literary usage of Calories
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1920)
"The ordinary bottled olives of average size had a caloric value per olive of 8
to 10 calories, extra large olives 14 to 15 calories, and small olives, ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"high, 3700 to 3900, or 70 to 73 calories per kilo; that is, enough protein was used
... When the same amount of protein was used with 32 calories per kilo, ..."
3. Eating Hints: Recipes and Tips for Better Nutrition During Cancer Treatment edited by Yale New Haven Med Cntr, Yale-New Haven Medical Center Staff (1990)
"Maintaining your weight is a good way to decide whether or not you are getting
enough calories each day. Weigh yourself weekly. ..."
4. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1906)
"If hydrogen still retains its value 7-470 calories, then C= = - 16400 calories,
the symbol C= indicating a carbon atom united by two bonds of union to ..."
5. The Scientific Monthly by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"For the sugar as fuel is worth 113 calories an ounce, and the cream 108 to 144
calories (according with butter-fat content of 18 per cent. and 25 per cent., ..."
6. A Laboratory Hand-book for Dietetics by Mary Swartz Rose (1912)
"Sleeping, 7 X 65 calories =» 455 calories. Sitting, 10 X 100 calories = 1000
calories. Walking, 7 X 170 calories = 1190 calories. ..."
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