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Word: Calorie
Speech Type: Noun
mid 19th century: from French, from Latin calor ‘heat’ + French suffix -ie (see -y)
ˈkal(ə)ri
a unit of energy equivalent to the heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C (now often defined as equal to 4.1868 joules).
Short Definition:energy needed to raise temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C
a unit of energy, often used to express the nutritional value of foods, equivalent to the heat energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 °C, and equal to one thousand small calories; a kilocalorie
Short Definition:energy needed to raise temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 °C
Examples:- she advises working on your relationship with food and moving away from counting calories
- the milk derived from cashews is lactose-free and has fewer calories
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