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
• Syn: ↑calorie, ↑small calorie
• Hypernyms: ↑work unit, ↑heat unit, ↑energy unit
• Part Holonyms: ↑Calorie, ↑kilogram calorie, ↑kilocalorie, ↑large calorie, ↑nutritionist's calorie
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noun : calorie a
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[1900-05]
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gram calorie,
= small calorie: (Cf. ↑small calorie) »
One gram calorie is the quantity of heat which must be supplied to one gram of water to raise its temperature through one centigrade deree (Sears and Zemansky).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.