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calorie
noun calories
    1. A metric unit denoting the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by 1°C (1K) at one atmospheric pressure, now replaced by the SI unit joule. Also called small calorie.
    2. old use
      Form: Calorie
Etymology: 19c: French, from Latin calor heat.



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