"kilocalorie" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-kilocalorie.wav [US] Forms: kilocalories [plural]
Etymology: kilo- + calorie Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|kilo|calorie}} kilo- + calorie Head templates: {{en-noun}} kilocalorie (plural kilocalories)
  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. Categories (topical): Energy, Units of measure Translations (unit of measure): quilocaloria [feminine] (Catalan), kilocaloria [feminine] (Catalan), 大卡 (dàkǎ) (Chinese), kilocalorie [feminine] (French), grande calorie [feminine] (French), quilocaloría [feminine] (Galician), Kilokalorie [feminine] (German), kilokalória (Hungarian), kílókaloría [feminine] (Icelandic), kilocaloria [feminine] (Italian), chilocaloria [feminine] (Italian), kilokaloria [feminine] (Polish), quilocaloria [feminine] (Portuguese), grande-caloria [feminine] (Portuguese), kilocaloría [feminine] (Spanish), quilocaloría [masculine] (Spanish), kilokalori [masculine] (Zazaki)

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