Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - calorie
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Calorie
calorie
~ n 1 a unit for measuring the amount of energy that food will produce (An average potato has about 90 calories. | a calorie-controlled diet. | Burn off the calories with this new exercise bike.) 2 technical the amount of heat that is needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree centigrade 3 count your calories to control your weight, especially by calculating the number of calories you eat
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(calories) Calories are units used to measure the energy value of food. People who are on diets try to eat food that does not contain many calories. A glass of wine does have quite a lot of calories. ...calorie controlled diets. N-COUNT see also -calorie ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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also calory noun (plural -ries) Etymology: French ~, from Latin calor heat, from calere to be warm — more at lee Date: 1866 1. a. the amount of heat required at a pressure of one atmosphere to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius that is equal to about 4.19 joules — abbreviation cal; called also gram ~, small ~ b. the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree Celsius ; 1000 gram ~s or 3.968 Btu — abbreviation Cal; called also large ~ 2. a. a unit equivalent to the large ~ expressing heat-producing or energy-producing value in food when oxidized in the body b. an amount of food having an energy-producing value of one large ~ ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. (also calory) (pl. -ies) a unit of quantity of heat: 1 (in full small calorie) the amount needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water through 1 °C. Usage Abbr.: cal. 2 (in full large calorie) the amount needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water through 1 °C, often used to measure the energy value of foods. Usage Abbr.: Cal. Etymology: F, arbitr. f. L calor heat + -ie ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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калория, кал - defined calorie - fifteen-degrees calorie - International Table calorie - International calorie - IT calorie - large calorie - mean calorie - small calorie - thermochemical calorie ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. спец. калория great calorie —- большая калория low calorie food —- пищевой продукт низкой калорийности calorie mechanic —- повар to watch one's calories —- ам. следить за диетой, не переедать ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- 1866, from L. calor (gen. caloris) "heat," from PIE base *kel- "warm." Technically, the heat required to raise 1 kilogram of water 1 degree Celsius. Caloric, in Lavoisier's now-abandoned theory, was in use from 1792. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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