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Webster 1913 Edition
Calorie
Cal′o-rie
,Noun.
[F., fr. L.
calor
heat.] (Physics)
The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0° to 1°. Compare the English standard unit,
Foot pound
.