calorie
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈkæl.ə.ri/
- Specialized
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caloría
- Everyone knows fat has more calories per weight than sugar.
- daily calories
- calories per day
- total calories
If you're in the confines of your calories, what happens?
- If you're in the confines of your calories, what happens?
- We just found dense, you know, high calorie food.
- But across the day, I ingest fewer calories than I burn.
- And you can also track things like calorie density as well.
- And so time restricted eating does not have a calorie component to it.
- Did you know that you can burn more calories just by eating certain food?
- Because fat cells are not just little lifeless bags of calories, they are hormone factories.
- OK, so now let's go back to the calorie restriction study that I mentioned.
- And my philosophy is the hotter it is, the more calories you burn, right?
- Their latest study shows that chess players burn thousands of calories during the game.
- Is that language like low calorie snack and stuff like that?
- I thought the key thing was calories or not eating junk food.
Examples
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Weight problems are usually the result of a mismatch between calorie intake and expenditure.
Academic text (2012) -
Did you know that you can burn more calories just by eating certain food?
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And it's a low sugar, low protein, low calorie and high fat.
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Is that language like low calorie snack and stuff like that?
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We just found dense, you know, high calorie food.
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And you can also track things like calorie density as well.
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I do know people who track their calories and they lose weight.
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Look right now we're at 800 calories a day.
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In Asia, rice contributes 35 percent of total calorie consumption; in Latin America, it provides 10 percent.
Academic text (1994) -
Many athletes monitor their calorie intake to maintain their energy levels during training.
Synonyms
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3.9
A unit showing how much energy food gives the body
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3.0
A way to measure energy, like a calorie or joule
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5.3
A measure of heat energy like a calorie or BTU
The amount of energy that raises one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius, used to measure food energy
A measure of food energy equal to the heat needed to warm 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius
A unit of heat to raise one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius, often used for food energy
A unit of heat equal to energy needed to raise 1 gram of water by 1°C at normal air pressure
Amount of heat that raises one gram of water by one degree Celsius at normal air pressure
Compounds
- Archaic
A unit of heat to raise one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius, often used for food energy
- Specialized
A measure of food energy equal to the heat needed to warm 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius
- Archaic
A unit of heat equal to energy needed to raise 1 gram of water by 1°C at normal air pressure
- Specialized
Amount of heat that raises one gram of water by one degree Celsius at normal air pressure
Surface Forms
Etymology
Calorie comes from the Latin root calor, which means 'heat'. It was first used as a measure of heat, so a calorie is like a small amount of 'heat' or energy you get from food.