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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

kilocalorie 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]