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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cal•o•ry (kal′ə rē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ries. - Thermodynamicscalorie.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cal•o•rie /ˈkæləri/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -ries. - Thermodynamics
- ThermodynamicsAlso called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat necessary to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree celsius.
- a unit of measure of the amount of heat or energy that a certain food produces:a diet of 2,000 calories a day.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cal•o•rie (kal′ə rē),USA pronunciation n. - Thermodynamics
- ThermodynamicsAlso called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbr.: cal
- Thermodynamics(usually cap.) kilocalorie. Abbr.: Cal
- Thermodynamics, Physiology[Physiol.]
- a unit equal to the kilocalorie, used to express the heat output of an organism and the fuel or energy value of food.
- a quantity of food capable of producing such an amount of energy.
Also, calory. - Latin calor heat) + -ie -y3
- French, equivalent. to calor- (
- 1800–10
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: calorie, calory /ˈkælərɪ/ n ( pl -ries)- a unit of heat, equal to 4.1868 joules (International Table calorie): formerly defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C under standard conditions. It has now largely been replaced by the joule for scientific purposes
Abbreviation: cal
Also called: small calorie
Etymology: 19th Century: from French, from Latin calor heat |