a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food

[ Syn: calorie , kilogram calorie , kilocalorie , large calorie , nutritionists calorie ]

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

[ Syn: gram calorie , small calorie ]