Calorie (Noun)
Meaning 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.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
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Meaning 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.
Classification
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure.
Examples
- One kilogram of body fat is equivalent to about 7700 to 8200 calories.
- The exact measurement of a calorie in scientific study is in terms of an erg.
- The calorie in science is one kilogram of water, one degree of temperature rise and one calorie is the energy required to raise the water temperature by that one degree.
- One food calorie is 1000 of the calories defined for a water weight standard as given.
- Approximately, it requires one large dietary calorie to heat one liter of water from about twenty to one hundred twenty-one degrees Fahrenheit.