kilocalorie

Noun

 * 1) A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories, used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.

Usage notes

 * This prefix kilo- is generally applied to the small calorie, and not to the large calorie used in nutrition, to avoid confusion because 1,000 food calories would be 1,000,000 small calories.

Translations

 * Catalan: quilocaloria, kilocaloria
 * Chinese:
 * French: ,
 * Galician: quilocaloría
 * German: Kilokalorie
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: kílókaloría
 * Italian: kilocaloria,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, grande-caloria
 * Spanish: kilocaloría,
 * Zazaki: kilokalori

Etymology
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