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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


kilocal

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

kilocal (plural kilocals or kilocal)

  1. (informal) A kilocalorie: a kilogram-calorie: one thousand gram-calories.

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