Calorie Definition

kălə-rē
cal, calories
noun
calories
The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree celsius; gram calorie; small calorie.
Webster's New World
The unit of heat equal to1100 the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water from 0 to 100°C at 1 atmosphere pressure.
American Heritage Medicine
The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree celsius; great calorie; kilocalorie; 1,000 calories; large calorie.
Webster's New World
A unit equal to the large calorie, used for measuring the energy produced by food when oxidized in the body.
Webster's New World
An amount of food able to produce one large calorie of energy.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Calorie

Noun

Singular:
calorie
Plural:
calories

Origin of Calorie

  • French from Latin calor heat caloric

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French calorie.

    From Wiktionary

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