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gigacalorie

gigacalorie noun: a non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000,000,000 calories (small calories).

Noun

gigacalorie (plural gigacalories)

  1. A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000,000,000 calories (small calories).
    • Meronyms: calorie (small calorie) < kilocalorie, calorie (large calorie), Calorie (capital C) < megacalorie
    Synonyms:
    ton of TNT

Synonyms of gigacalorie

Forms of gigacalorie

pluralgigacalories

Questions about gigacalorie

What does gigacalorie mean?
Gigacalorie means a non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000,000,000 calories (small calories).
What part of speech is gigacalorie?
Gigacalorie is a noun.
What is the plural of gigacalorie?
The plural of gigacalorie is gigacalories.

Words near gigacalorie in the dictionary

  1. gigaboos
  2. gigabuck
  3. gigabucks
  4. gigabyte
  5. gigabytes
  6. gigacalorie
  7. gigacandela
  8. gigacast
  9. gigacasted
  10. gigacasting
  11. gigacastings

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