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Definition of Small calorie
1. 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: Calorie, Kilocalorie, Kilogram Calorie, Large Calorie, Nutritionist's Calorie
Derivative terms: Caloric
Medical Definition of Small calorie
1. The quantity of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 g of water 1°C, or from 14.5°C to 15.5°C in the case of normal or standard calorie. Synonym: gram calorie. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Small Calorie
Literary usage of Small calorie
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Animal Nutrition: With Special Reference to the Nutrition by Henry Prentiss Armsby (1903)
"The small calorie (cal.) is denned as the amount of heat required to raise the
temperature of 1 gram of water through 1° C. Since, however, the specific ..."
2. Introduction to Physical Chemistry by James Walker (1907)
"The usual unit of heat for chemical purposes is the " small calorie " or gram
calorie. ... The great or kilogram calorie is 1000 times the small calorie. ..."
3. Van Nostrand's Chemical Annual by John Charles Olsen, Alfred Melhado, T.R. LeCompte, D. Van Nostrand Company (1914)
"THERMOCHEMISTRY CIL — THERMOCHEMICAL UNITS THE small calorie is the amount of
heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree ..."
4. Van Nostrand's Chemical Annual by John Charles Olsen, T R LeCompte (1907)
"THERMOCHEMICAL UNITS THE small calorie is the amount of heat required to raise the
... It is therefore one thousand times as large as the small calorie. ..."
5. Introduction to Physical Chemistry by James Walker (1907)
"The usual unit of heat for chemical purposes is the " small calorie " or gram
calorie. ... The great or kilogram calorie is 1000 times the small calorie. ..."
6. Wire in Electrical Construction by Roebling (Firm), John A. Roebling's Sons Company, Roebling (Firm (1916)
"A calorie is the quantity of heat required to raise one gram of water one degree C.
The mean small calorie is the one-hundredth part of the heat required to ..."
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