Look up: Kilocalorie

1. kilocalorie
   (kcal) Type: Term Pronunciation: kil′ō-kal′ō-rē Synonyms: large calorie
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2. Kilocalorie
   a unit of energy; equal to a nutritional calorie
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3. Kilocalorie
   Kilocalorie: The term used to represent the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a liter of water one degree centigrade at sea level. In nutrition terms, the word calorie is commonly used to refer to a unit of food energy. (The word calorie is used instead of the more precise scient...
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4. kilocalorie
   Synonym for large calorie ... The quantity of energy required to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water 1°C, more precisely from 14.5° to 15.5°C; it is 1000 times the value of the small calorie; used in measurements of the heat production of chemical reactions, including those involved in biology...
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5. kilocalorie
   (kil´o-kal″ә-re) a unit of heat equal to 1000 calories; symbol kcal.
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6. kilocalorie
   (from the article `calorie`) In a popular use of the term calorie, dietitians loosely use it to mean the kilocalorie, sometimes called the kilogram calorie, or large Calorie ... The total caloric, or energy, requirement for an individual depends on age, occupation, and other factors but generally ranges between 2,000 and ... Protein,...
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7. kilocalorie
   (kil;uo-kal;uo-re) A unit of measurement equal to 1000 calories, which are units of heat (a kilocalorie is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 C∞). In nutrition, the kilocalorie is called a big calorie (Calorie).
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8. kilocalorie
   (kil;uo-kal;uo-re) A unit of measurement equal to 1000 calories, which are units of heat (a kilocalorie is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 C∞). In nutrition, the kilocalorie is called a big calorie (Calorie).
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