Kilocalorie

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  kilocalorie
       n : a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise
           the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at
           one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to
           characterize the energy-producing potential in food [syn:
            {Calorie}, {kilogram calorie}, {large calorie}, {nutritionist's


           calorie}]