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noununit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure
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nouna unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in foodtype of:
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- light having relatively few calories
- lite having relatively few calories
- caloric of or relating to calories in food
- aspartame an artificial sweetener made from aspartic acid; used as a calorie-free sweetener
- btu a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit at one atmosphere pressure; equivalent to 251.997 calories
- saccharin a crystalline substance 500 times sweeter than sugar; used as a calorie-free sweetener
- noncaloric of food have no (or few) calories
- cocoa powder the powdery remains of chocolate liquor after cocoa butter is removed; used in baking and in low fat and low calorie recipes and as a flavoring for ice cream
- low-calorie diet a diet that is low on calories
- junk food food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value