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calorie

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French calorie, formed from Latin calor. It was originally defined as the large calorie in the early 19th century, with the small calorie being defined some decades later.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkæləɹi/
  • Audio (US):(file)

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calorie (plural calories)

  1. (nutrition) Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, about 4.2 kilojoules.
    • 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics: Life as a Biotic Codex entry:
      Biotics possess extraordinary abilities, but they must live with minor inconveniences. The most obvious issue is getting adequate nutrition. Creating biotic mass effects takes such a toll on metabolism that active biotics develop ravenous appetites. The standard Alliance combat ration for a soldier is 3000 calories per day; biotics are given 4500, as well as a canteen of potent energy drink for quick refreshment after hard combat.
    • 2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:
      Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.
  2. (physical chemistry, physics, 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.

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  • 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.
  • Calorie counters, such as those on fitness bikes, use the first, more modern, definition.
  • European legislation now requires foods to be labelled with the term kilocalorie.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French calorie.

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  • IPA(key): /kɑloːˈri/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: ca‧lo‧rie
  • Rhymes: -i

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calorie f (plural calorieën, diminutive calorietje n)

  1. calorie

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  • → Indonesian: kalori

French

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Etymology

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1845, formed from Latin calor + -ie. Cf. also French chaleur.

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calorie f (plural calories)

  1. calorie

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calorie f

  1. plural of caloria

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French calorie.

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calorie f (plural calorii)

  1. calorie

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative calorie caloria calorii caloriile
genitive-dative calorii caloriei calorii caloriilor
vocative calorie, calorio caloriilor
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