kilocalorie
- noun
- /ˌkɪloʊˈkæləri/
- Specialized
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kilocaloría
- An apple contains approximately 95 kilocalories, making it a healthy snack option.
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All measurements used are metric; g = gram; kilocalorie = one dietary calorie, as used for food in the United States.
Academic text (1993) -
A balanced diet typically provides around 2,000 kilocalories per day for an average adult.
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You know, I would say even at this level, you're kind of less than a kilocalorie per mole off.
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And let's let's work in kilocalories, not in the SI units.
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Six and eight kilocalories from mole of strain.
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One MET = 1 kcal/kg/hour represents an equivalent of one kilocalorie of energy expended by a 60 kg person sitting for one minute.
Academic text (1996) -
To lose weight, you should consume fewer than your daily requirement of kilocalories.
Synonyms
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2.3
A small amount of energy in food and drink
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A measure of how much energy food gives
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A unit showing how much energy food gives the body
A unit of heat to raise one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius, often used for food energy
A measure of food energy equal to the heat needed to warm 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius
Surface Forms
Morphology
kilocalorie = calorie (transparent) = kilo + calorie + kilo
The meaning is the straightforward numeric prefix 'kilo-' (thousand) applied to the unit 'calorie', yielding 1,000 calories.
Etymology
Kilocalorie joins kilo- meaning 'thousand', as in kilometer, with calor meaning 'heat', which is the base of the word calorie. So a kilocalorie is like a 'thousand heat' unit of energy — the amount needed to warm one kilogram of water by one degree Celsius — and that is why food labels often call it a 'Calorie' to show how much energy is in food.