Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Calorie"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Calorie \Cal"o*rie\, n. [F., fr. L. calor heat.] (Physics)
The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount
of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram
(sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from
0[deg] to 1[deg]. Compare the English standard unit, {Foot
pound}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
calorie
n 1: 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 [syn: {gram calorie},
{small calorie}]
2: 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 [syn:
{Calorie}, {kilogram calorie}, {kilocalorie}, {large
calorie}, {nutritionist's calorie}]
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