Definitions for Calorie

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Calorie cal·o·rie

Spelling: [kal-uh-ree]

IPA: /ˈkæl ə ri/

Calorie is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 244 anagrams from letters in Calorie (aceilor).

Definitions for Calorie

noun

1. Thermodynamics. Also called gram calorie, small calorie. an amount of heat exactly equal to 4.1840 joules. Abbreviation: cal. (usually initial capital letter) kilocalorie. Abbreviation: Cal.
2. Physiology. a unit equal to the kilocalorie, used to express the heat output of an organism and the fuel or energy value of food. a quantity of food capable of producing such an amount of energy.

Origin of Calorie

1800-10; French, equivalent to calor- (Latin calor heat) + -ie -y³

Examples for Calorie

Now you know that a calorie is a unit of measuring heat and food.

There is no apparent difference apart from the calorie amount.

The calorie meter—accurate or not—helps too, because it feels like an accomplishment to see that number go up.

But drinking for every triple Lutz, American flag or smirk from Putin could cause a calorie avalanche and sick Sochi gut.

Hunter-gatherers and subsistence farmers work hard to obtain every calorie they eat.

Water has been chosen as the standard, and the unit of heat is called a calorie.

The understanding of the value of a calorie is indispensable for the comprehension of nutrition.

Why is it necessary to consider the calorie value of a ration?

Nor is it calorie deprivation alone that can harm the developing fetus.

That means it almost certainly gives you the best information about calorie burn of any tracker.