nutritionist's calorie
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 • Derivationally related forms: caloric (for: Calorie) • Hypernyms: work unit, heat unit, energy unit • Part Meronyms: calorie, gram calorie, small calorie
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