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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food;
[syn: Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie]

2. 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, gram calorie, small calorie]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Calorie \Cal"o*rie\, n. [F., fr. L. calor heat.] (Physics) The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0[deg] to 1[deg]. Compare the English standard unit, Foot pound. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Calorie n 1: a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food [syn: Calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie, large calorie, nutritionist's calorie] 2: 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, gram calorie, small calorie]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

20 Moby Thesaurus words for "calorie": BTU, British thermal unit, atomerg, dinamode, dyne, energid, erg, foot-pound, great calorie, horsepower-hour, horsepower-year, joule, kilocalorie, kilogram-meter, kilowatt-hour, photon, quantum, rational calorie, therm, thermal unit