DICTIONARY ENTRY
3 SYLLABLES
calorie
/'kæləri/ · kæləri
Calorie has 3 syllables: cal · o · rie.
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noun. 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.
noun. 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 food.
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