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Calorie   /kˈæləri/   Listen
Calorie

noun
1.
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: kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie.
2.
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.  Synonyms: gram calorie, small calorie.



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"Calorie" Quotes from Famous Books



... M. Leduc, who for several years has measured a great number of physical constants with minute precautions and a remarkable sense of precision, concludes, after a close discussion of the various results obtained, that this heat is equal to 79.1 calories. An error of almost a calorie had been committed by several renowned experimenters, and it will be seen that in certain points the art of measurement may still ...
— The New Physics and Its Evolution • Lucien Poincare

... CALORIE; symbol C.; a heat unit and food value unit; is that amount of heat necessary to raise one pound ...
— Diet and Health - With Key to the Calories • Lulu Hunt Peters

... have to live simon-pure lives to remain that way. Healthy people can afford 10% dietary indiscretions by calorie count—eating or drinking those things that they know are not good for them but that are fun to eat or are "recreational foods or beverages." Such "sinning" could mean a restaurant bash twice a month, having ...
— How and When to Be Your Own Doctor • Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon

... a correct appreciation of the value of different foods, it is necessary to understand the unit employed to measure the amount of work that foods do in the body. This unit is the CALORIE, or calory, and it is used to measure foods just as the inch, the yard, the pound, the pint, and the quart are the units used to measure materials and liquids; however, instead of measuring the food itself, it determines its ...
— Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1 - Volume 1: Essentials of Cookery; Cereals; Bread; Hot Breads • Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences

... of heat, and heat is convertible into energy. A calorie is the heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree C. To translate into common terms, it is the heat required to raise one pound of water ...
— Maintaining Health • R. L. Alsaker



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