卡路里 — meaning in English
kǎ lù lǐ
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English meaning
- calorie noun A unit of food energy (technically a kilocalorie) used on nutrition labels to measure how much energy a food provides.
Senses
卡路里 is used for these senses in English:
- calorie (nutrition) A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normally used in food labeling.
calorie — full definition
- noun A unit of food energy (technically a kilocalorie) used on nutrition labels to measure how much energy a food provides.
- noun In science, a much smaller unit of heat energy — the amount needed to raise one gram of water by one degree Celsius — mostly replaced by the joule.