calorie

Reikšmė (Anglų k.)

1. Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, about 4.2 kilojoules.
2. (obsolete) The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1°C.

Sinonimai

gram calorie

small calorie

cal

c

c

heat capacity

heat unit

kilogram calorie

quantity of heat

Calorie

nutritionist’s calorie

caloric unit

unit of heat

calorie unit

calorific value

large calorie

thermal unit

Tariamas kaip (IPA)

/ˈkæləɹi/

Etimologija (Anglų k.)

Borrowed from French calorie, formed from Latin calor. It was originally defined as the large calorie in the early 19th century, with the small calorie being defined some decades later.

Sakiniai

The larger the calorie deficit , the faster one will lose weight .

Kuo didesnis kalorijų deficitas, tuo greitesnis bus numestas svorio.