English-Spanish translations for calorie

caloríaSe trata de quemar calorías, no sólo de ingerirlas. It is about calorie output, not just about calorie input. La caloría es la unidad que manejan los consumidores informados en sus cálculos. The calorie is the unit that informed consumers use in their calculations. Esta tarde he tomado una bebida baja en calorías. This afternoon, I had a lowcalorie drink.

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
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

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