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Kilogram calorie

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of kilocalorie.
  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

Etymology

Because a kilogram of water is the referent mass (versus a gram of water); see Calorie.

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