large calorie
- noun
- /ˈlɑrdʒ ˈkæləˌri/
- Specialized
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kilocaloría
- One large calorie is the amount of energy needed to heat one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius.
Examples
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Nutrition labels usually indicate the energy content in large calories or kilocalories.
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Many foods provide several hundred large calories per serving.
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Dieticians calculate daily energy needs based on the number of large calories consumed.
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A large calorie is often used in nutrition.
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Nutrition labels usually indicate the energy content in large calories or kilocalories.
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Dieticians calculate daily energy needs based on the number of large calories consumed.
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One large calorie is the amount of energy needed to heat one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius.
Synonyms
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3.4
A measure of how much energy food gives
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3.9
A unit showing how much energy food gives the body
The amount of energy that raises one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius, used to measure food energy
A unit of heat to raise one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius, often used for food energy
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is compositionally transparent in ordinary terms: 'large' simply modifies 'calorie', so a B1 learner who knows 'calorie' will infer it denotes a bigger or greater calorie unit used in nutrition. However, the exact technical definition (the kilocalorie thermodynamic definition and the orthographic distinction between 'Calorie' and 'calorie') is specialized and not fully derivable from the constituents, so full understanding may require prior exposure.
Etymology
Large calorie comes from old heat measurements. A calorie was originally a measure of heat for water. Large means the bigger version that warms one kilogram of water by one degree, so it became the unit for 'food energy'.