kilocalorie

noun

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

Roots

chilioikilo- · Greek · thousand calorcalor- · Latin · heat ia-ie · Latin · noun-forming

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