Synonyms
1. kilocalorie
noun. 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.
Synonyms
- large calorie
- energy unit
- work unit
- heat unit
- Calorie
- kilogram calorie
- small calorie
- gram calorie
- calorie
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Example sentences of the word kilocalorie
1. Noun, singular or mass
A kilocalorie is the scientific term for what most of us call a calorie.