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
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calorie::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | gram calorie, small calorie |
| Type of | work unit, energy unit, heat unit |
| Derivation | caloric |
calorie::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie |
| Type of | energy unit, work unit, heat unit |
| Derivation | caloric |
Examples of calorie
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They asked 48 adults between the ages of 55 and 75 to follow a low-calorie diet.
From the latimes.com
Calorie totals for their meals dropped by an average of 85 after the regulation.
From the orlandosentinel.com
She sweetened her pitch with samples of dark cacao pieces, about 1 calorie each.
From the bloomberg.com
Each crunchy bite brings forth a salty-sour rush worth every deep-fried calorie.
From the chron.com
The calorie counter ends up full of the wrong foods and empty of the right ones.
From the dailymail.co.uk
Mix and match foods, adjusting portion sizes to meet your child's calorie needs.
From the newsobserver.com
Another problem with the findings is that calorie counts are subject to dispute.
From the online.wsj.com
In it, Cornaro advised sobriety, temperance, regularity and calorie restriction.
From the thenewstribune.com
Thanks to a city law, calorie counts are posted at the larger concession stands.
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- 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
- (caloric) thermal: relating to or associated with heat; "thermal movements of molecules"; "thermal capacity"; "thermic energy"; "the caloric effect of sunlight"
- (caloric) of or relating to calories in food; "comparison of foods on a caloric basis"; "the caloric content of foods"
- Calories are units of energy. Various definitions exist but fall into two broad categories.
- Food energy is the amount of energy obtained from food that is available through cellular respiration.
- (Calories (story)) "Calories" is a science fiction short story written by L. Sprague de Camp, a story in his Viagens Interplanetarias series. It was first published under the title "Getaway on Krishna" in the magazine Ten Story Fantasy in the issue for Spring, 1951. ...
- The caloric theory is an obsolete scientific theory that heat consists of a fluid called caloric that flows from hotter to colder bodies. Caloric was also thought of as a weightless gas that could pass in and out of pores in solids and liquids. ...
- (Calories) Food contains energy, which is measured in calories or kcalories (1,000 calories = 1 kcalorie). On average, an adult woman needs 2,000 kcalories every day and an adult male needs 2,500 kcalories.
- (Calories) A measure of the energy in food.
