calorie
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Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French calorie, formed from Latin calor. It was originally defined as the large calorie in the early 19th century, with the small calorie being defined some decades later.
Pronunciation
Noun
calorie (plural calories)
- (nutrition) Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, about 4.2 kilojoules.
- 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics: Life as a Biotic Codex entry:
- Biotics possess extraordinary abilities, but they must live with minor inconveniences. The most obvious issue is getting adequate nutrition. Creating biotic mass effects takes such a toll on metabolism that active biotics develop ravenous appetites. The standard Alliance combat ration for a soldier is 3000 calories per day; biotics are given 4500, as well as a canteen of potent energy drink for quick refreshment after hard combat.
- 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:
- Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
- (physical chemistry, physics, obsolete) The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C.
Usage notes
- Most scientific studies are now carried out using the joule (an SI unit).
- In nutritional contexts the term calorie refers to the kilogram calorie and the term kilocalorie refers to 1000 gram calories. Thus the two terms are equivalent.
- Calorie counters, such as those on fitness bikes, use the first, more modern, definition.
- European legislation now requires foods to be labelled with the term kilocalorie.
Derived terms
- 15° calorie
- 20° calorie
- 4° calorie
- calorics
- caloric (US)
- calorie bomb
- calorie-conscious
- calorie deficit
- calorie-ful
- calorieless
- calorie-restricted
- calorific (British)
- calorific value
- calorimetre
- calorize
- empty calorie
- food calorie
- gram calorie
- high-calorie (noun modifier)
- kilogram calorie
- large calorie
- low-calorie (noun modifier)
- mean calorie
- megacalorie
- microcalorie
- millicalorie
- small calorie
- thermochemical calorie
Related terms
Translations
amount of heat to raise 1 gram of water by 1 °C
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Anagrams
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
calorie f (plural calorieën, diminutive calorietje n)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: kalori
Etymology
1845, formed from Latin calor + -ie. Cf. also French chaleur.
Pronunciation
Noun
calorie f (plural calories)
Descendants
Further reading
- “calorie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Noun
calorie f
Anagrams
Etymology
Noun
calorie f (plural calorii)
Declension
Declension of calorie
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