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kilocalorie

English

Etymology

kilo- +? calorie

Noun

kilocalorie (plural kilocalories)

  1. a non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories, used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie or Calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

Usage notes

This prefix kilo- is generally applied to the small calorie, and not to the large calorie used in nutrition, to avoid confusion because 1,000 food calories would be 1,000,000 small calories.

Translations

Italian

Noun

kilocalorie f

  1. plural of kilocaloria

Romanian

Etymology

From French kilocalorie

Noun

kilocalorie f (plural kilocalorii)

  1. kilocalorie

Declension

kilocalorie From the web:

  • = 4184 joules
  • what kilocalories means

kcalorie

English

Noun

kcalorie (plural kcalories)

  1. Abbreviation of kilocalorie.

Synonyms

  • kcal

kcalorie From the web:

  • what does kcalorie mean
  • what is kcalorie control
  • what do calories measure
  • what is a kcalorie a measure of
  • what is the calorie value of a meal supplying
  • empty calories
  • discretionary calories
  • what is a calorie in dog food
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