KILOCALORIE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Calorie; kilocalorie; kilogram calorie; large calorie; nutritionist's calorie

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("kilocalorie" is a kind of...):

energy unit; heat unit; work unit (a unit of measurement for work)

Meronyms (parts of "kilocalorie"):

calorie; gram calorie; small calorie (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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