OXFORD 9000
📚 noun • entry_id 24624

kilocalorie

Meanings (ES + gloss)
kilocaloría • quilocaloría
A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories (small calories), used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.
Holonyms: megacalorie < gigacalorie
Meronyms: calorie (small-calorie sense), small calorie, gram calorie, thermochemical calorie
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