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megacalorie

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

Noun

megacalorie (plural megacalories)

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

Forms of megacalorie

pluralmegacalories

Origin of megacalorie

From mega- + calorie.

Questions about megacalorie

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

Words near megacalorie in the dictionary

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  3. megabyte
  4. megabytes
  5. megacaldera
  6. megacalorie
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  8. megacalycosis
  9. megacampus
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