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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Calorie \Cal"o*rie\, n. [F., fr. L. calor heat.] (Physics)
The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount
of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram
(sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from
0[deg] to 1[deg]. Compare the English standard unit, {Foot
pound}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Calorie
n 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 [syn:
{Calorie}, {kilogram calorie}, {kilocalorie}, {large
calorie}, {nutritionist's calorie}]
2: 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 [syn: {calorie}, {gram
calorie}, {small calorie}]
From Dutch-English Freedict dictionary [fd-nld-eng]:
calorie [kalori]
calorie
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