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calorie
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Calorie
The amount of energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Centigrade. One calorie equals 0.004 BTUs. One BTU equals 252 calories
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Calorie
A measurement of energy. One calorie is the energy needed to heat one gram of water by one degree centigrade. The amount of energy in food is measured in calories. There are 1000 calories in a kilocalorie. Found op http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/utilities/glossary/index.htm?search=c
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Calorie
The quantity of thermal energy required to raise one gram of water 1°C at 15°C. Found op http://www.flowmeterdirectory.com/flowmeter_technical_glossary/flowmeter_te
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Calorie
a unit that is used to measure the energy content in food Found op http://www.medichecks.com/glossary.cfm?ltr=C
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Calorie
Calorie: A unit of food energy. In nutrition terms, the word calorie is used instead of the more precise scientific term kilocalorie which represents the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a liter of water one degree centigrade at sea level. The common usage of the word calorie of... Found op http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.html?articlekey=8567
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Calorie
A measure of energy from food. (3,500 kilocalories of food energy = 1 pound of body weight). Also the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water 1° C (1000 calories = 1 kilocalorie). An interesting fact: When we see 'Calories' on a food label it is actually measuring kilo... Found op http://fitandhealthysolutions.com/terminology/terminologyc.html
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Calorie
Cal'o·rie noun [ French, from Latin 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 ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/C/10
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calorie
<chemistry> A unit of measurement defined as 4.184 absolute joules or the amount of energy it takes to raise the temperature of one gram of water from 15 to 16 degrees Celsius (or1/100th the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water at one atmosphere pressure from 0... Found op http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictionary?calorie
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calorie
small calorie noun 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 Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=calorie
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Calorie
kilocalorie noun 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 t... Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Calorie
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calorie
(kal´ә-re) any of several units of heat defined as the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius (1°C) at a specified temperature. The calorie used in chemistry and biochemistry is equal to 4.184 joules. Symbol cal. In referring to the energy... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001
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Calorie
• (n.) 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 Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/calorie/
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calorie
a unit of energy or heat variously defined. The calorie was originally defined as the amount of heat required at a pressure of 1 standard atmosphere ... [4 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/c/9
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