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Calorie

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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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gram caloriesmall calorie
plural
Calories
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Calorie's
pluralpossessive
Calories'

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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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