< b>Calorie: A unit of food energy. In nutrition terms, the word calorie
is used instead of the more precise scientific term kilocalorie which represents
the amount of energy required to raise the temperature of a liter of water one degree
centigrade at sea level. The common usage of the word calorie of food energy is
understood to refer to a kilocalorie and actually represents, therefore, 1000 true
calories of energy. A calorie is also known as cal, gram calorie, or small calorie.
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