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English noun: Calorie | |||
| 1. | Calorie (quantity) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | energy unit, heat unit, work unit | ||
| Part holonym | calorie, gram calorie, small calorie | ||
| 2. | calorie (quantity) 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 | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | energy unit, heat unit, work unit | ||
| Part meronym | Calorie, kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie | ||
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