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kilocalories

kilocalories is the plural 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

Questions about kilocalories

What is kilocalories the plural of?
Kilocalories is the plural of kilocalorie.

Words near kilocalories in the dictionary

  1. kilobyte
  2. kilobytes
  3. kilocal
  4. kilocaloric
  5. kilocalorie
  6. kilocalories
  7. kilocals
  8. kilocandela
  9. kilocount
  10. kilocounts
  11. kilocurie

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