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Kilocalorie

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Noun
  1. 1
    A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories (small calories), used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

    "Holonyms: megacalorie < gigacalorie"

  2. 2
    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 wordnet

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From kilo- + calorie.

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