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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 foodplay

  Familiarity information: KILOGRAM CALORIE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


KILOGRAM CALORIE (noun)


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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