kilocalorie

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English

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Etymology

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From kilo- +‎ calorie.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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 as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

Usage notes

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  • 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

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French

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Noun

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kilocalorie f (plural kilocalories)

  1. kilocalorie

Further reading

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Italian

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Noun

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kilocalorie f

  1. plural of kilocaloria

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French kilocalorie. By surface analysis, kilo- +‎ calorie.

Noun

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kilocalorie f (plural kilocalorii)

  1. kilocalorie

Declension

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