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calorie
noun
a
unit
for
measuring
the
amount
of
energy
that
food
gives
to
the
body
•
The
nutrition
label
says
a
single
cookie
contains
90
calories
.
The
nutrition
label
says
a
single
cookie
contains
90
calories
.
•
After
running
for
half
an
hour
,
Jason
burned
more
than
300
calories
.
After
running
for
half
an
hour
,
Jason
burned
more
than
300
calories
.
borrowed
in
the
mid-19th
century
from
French
calorie
,
from
Latin
calor
meaning
“
heat
”.
noun
a
scientific
unit
of
energy
,
equal
to
the
amount
needed
to
raise
the
temperature
of
one
gram
of
water
by
one
degree
Celsius
(
about
4
.
2
joules
)
•
In
chemistry
class
,
the
teacher
explained
that
one
calorie
equals
about
4
.
2
joules
of
energy
.
In
chemistry
class
,
the
teacher
explained
that
one
calorie
equals
about
4
.
2
joules
of
energy
.
•
Unlike
the
nutritional
unit
,
the
scientific
calorie
is
based
on
heating
water
by
one
degree
Celsius
.
Unlike
the
nutritional
unit
,
the
scientific
calorie
is
based
on
heating
water
by
one
degree
Celsius
.
from
French
calorie
,
introduced
in
1824
by
Nicolas
Clément
as
a
unit
of
heat
.
