nutritionist's calorie

Noun
  1. 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 (synset 113748672)
    is a type of: energy unit, heat unit, work unit - a unit of measurement for work
    has: calorie, gram calorie, small 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
    same as: calorie, kilocalorie, kilogram calorie, large calorie

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