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Calorie

nounverified·updated May 18, 2026

unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure

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Variants

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gram caloriesmall calorie
plural
Calories
possessive
Calorie's
pluralpossessive
Calories'