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KILOGRAM CALORIE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does kilogram calorie mean?
• KILOGRAM CALORIE (noun)
The noun KILOGRAM CALORIE has 1 sense:
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
Familiarity information: KILOGRAM CALORIE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
Calorie; kilocalorie; kilogram calorie; large calorie; nutritionist's calorie
Hypernyms ("kilogram calorie" is a kind of...):
energy unit; heat unit; work unit (a unit of measurement for work)
Meronyms (parts of "kilogram calorie"):
calorie; gram calorie; small calorie (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)
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