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    LARGE CALORIE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    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 foodplay

    Synonyms:

    Calorie; kilocalorie; kilogram calorie; large calorie; nutritionist's calorie

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

    Hypernyms ("large calorie" is a kind of...):

    energy unit; heat unit; work unit (a unit of measurement for work)

    Meronyms (parts of "large calorie"):

    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)

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