Calorie vs Calorieless - What's the difference?
calorie | calorieless |
(physics and chemistry, obsolete ) The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C.
(nutrition) Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, approximately 4.2 kilojoules.
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As a noun calorie
is (physics and chemistry, obsolete) The gram calorie or small calorie, a non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to approximately 4.2 joules. This unit was widely used in chemistry and physics, being the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C.As an adjective calorieless is
without calories.calorie
English
Noun
(wikipedia calorie) (en noun)A punch in the gut, passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}
Usage notes
* Most scientific studies are now carried out using the joule (an SI unit). * In nutritional contexts the term calorie'' refers to the kilogram calorie and the term ''kilocalorie refers to 1000 gram calories. Thus the two terms are equivalent. * European legislation now requires foods to be labelled with the term kilocalorie .Derived terms
* * * * calorific value * caloric (US) * calorific (British) * gram calorie * high-calorie (noun modifier) * kilogram calorie * low-calorie (noun modifier) * mean calorieAnagrams
* * * ----calorieless
English
Adjective
(-)- If I ever binged, it would be on what I called "air foods" — ones that were virtually calorieless .