kilogram : Idioms & Phrases


kilogram calorie

  • 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; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food
    large calorie; Calorie; nutritionist's calorie; kilocalorie.
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kilogram-meter

  • noun a unit of work equal to the work done by a one kilogram force operating through a distance of one meter
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