Topic: PHYSICS
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| Date: | 1800-1900 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | Latin calor 'heat' |
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cal‧o‧rie
[countable]
[countable]1DFN a unit for measuring the amount of energy that food will produce : A potato has about 90 calories. a calorie-controlled diet My wife convinced me to finally start counting calories (=control my weight by being careful about what I eat).
A potato has about 90 calories.a calorie-controlled dietMy wife convinced me to finally start counting calories (=control my weight by being careful about what I eat).2HP technical the amount of heat that is needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. It is used as a unit for measuring energy.
—caloric adjective
adjective