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kcal

kcal is the abbreviation of kilocalorie.

Meaning of kilocalorie

Noun

kilocalorie (plural kilocalories)

  1. A non-SI unit of energy equal to 1,000 calories (small calories), used (now rare) in chemistry or physics; equal to 1 calorie as used in nutrition. Symbol kcal.
    • Holonyms: megacalorie < gigacalorie

Forms of kcal

pluralkcals

Questions about kcal

What is kcal the abbreviation of?
Kcal is the abbreviation of kilocalorie.

Words near kcal in the dictionary

  1. kbyte
  2. kbytes
  3. kc
  4. kc/s
  5. KCAA
  6. kcal
  7. kcalorie
  8. kcalories
  9. kcals
  10. KCAS
  11. KCB

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