Calorie

Synonym of kilocalorie (“large calorie”).

Noun

  1. Synonym of kilocalorie (“large calorie”).
    • Holonyms: megacalorie < gigacalorie
    • Meronym: calorie (small calorie)

    Synonyms: kilocalorie

Origin

From calorie, with a case-sensitive orthographic convention applied to mark the distinction between a small calorie and a large calorie, which are different by a factor of 1000.

Forms

Calories