Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several approximately equal units of heat, each measured as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C at 1 atmosphere pressure.
- noun The unit of heat equal to 1/100 the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water from 0 to 100°C at 1 atmosphere pressure.
- noun The unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1°C at 1 atmosphere pressure.
- noun A unit of energy-producing potential equal to this amount of heat that is contained in food and released upon oxidation by the body.
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- noun obsolete the gram calorie or small calorie, a non-
SI unit ofenergy , equivalent to approximately 4.2joules . This unit was widely used inchemistry andphysics , being the amount of energy needed to raise thetemperature of 1gram ofwater by 1 °C. - noun nutrition kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram
kilocalorie , approximately 4.2kilojoules .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Calories would be disclosed on all menus and menu boards, including menu boards at drive-through locations, with the label "calorie" or "cal," according to the rule.
Calorie Rules Make Diets a Federal Affair Janet Adamy 2011
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An asterisk pointed to an explanation of the term calorie.
THE REAL PEPSI CHALLENGE Stephanie Capparell 2007
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The word calorie has long been intimately associated with dieting.
The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007
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The word calorie has long been intimately associated with dieting.
The Fiber35 Diet Brenda Watson with Leonard Smith 2007
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Of course you can use the word calorie in a sentence, you know you don't want too many or too few of them -- but what
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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In the context of food energy the term calorie generally refers to the kilogram calorie.
Dream Manifesto Timothy Thompson 2009
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But Keane points out that a recent weight-loss study showed a calorie is a calorie, and people can shed pounds on a variety of diets with different nutrient compositions.
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I put it on MFP though and I am still within calorie limit for today.
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That's why we're working with industry to bring in calorie information on menus, he said.
Calorie counts on menus to fight obesity Denis Campbell 2010
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Another problem that might crop up is if people are using more informal guesstimates, some might try to game the system by being a little dishonest in calorie counts.
The Volokh Conspiracy » The Double Standard of Libertarian Paternalism 2010
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