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large calorie

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from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun 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

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hypernyms (3)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. energy unit
  2. heat unit
  3. work unit

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