Calorie
Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkæləri/
Origin
From French calorie.
Noun
calorie
(plural calories)- (physics and chemistry, 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.
- (nutrition) Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, approximately 4.2 kilojoules.
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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.
European legislation now requires foods to be labelled with the term kilocalorie.
Derived terms
- 4° calorie
- 15° calorie
- 20° calorie
- calorific value
- caloric US
- calorific British
- gram calorie
- high-calorie (noun modifier)
- kilogram calorie
- low-calorie (noun modifier)
- mean calorie