| rdfs:comment | - Calorie f. (plural calorieën, diminutive calorietje, diminutive plural calorietjes) 1.
* calorie
- A "calorie" is a form of energy that is expended through respiration by consuming food. Also known as "food energy". Food energy was discovered in 1824 as a unit of heat and was described as the approximate energy required to increase 1 gram of water by 1 degree celsius. There are two ways to define calories, a small calorie (gram calorie) or a large calorie (kilogram calorie). The small calorie is equal to about 4.2 joules of energy while the large calorie is about 4.2 kilojoules.
- One calorie is the amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celcius.
- The calorie is a pre-SI unit of energy, in particular heat. In most fields, its use is archaic, and the SI unit of energy, the joule, has become accepted. However, it remains in common use as a unit of food energy. It was first defined by Professor Nicolas Clément in 1824 as a kilogram-calorie, and this definition entered French and English dictionaries between 1841 and 1867. Etymology: French calorie, from Latin calor (heat). The unit calorie has historically been used in two major alternate definitions that differ by a factor of 1000: SeeWikipedia:Calorie for full article
- In 1812, the ancient mechano-alchemist (and part-time raving environmentalist) James "G" Watt hypothesized that food and energy were not necessarily conserved separately, but could actually be converted into each other, according to the LaTeX formula: In creationist belief, the calorie was invented by god to punish those who choose to eat awesome food (e.g. McDonald's, candy, corn dogs, soda, chocolates, Reese's, etc.) to make people suffer much like anorexics and vegans.
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| abstract | - Calorie f. (plural calorieën, diminutive calorietje, diminutive plural calorietjes) 1.
* calorie
- The calorie is a pre-SI unit of energy, in particular heat. In most fields, its use is archaic, and the SI unit of energy, the joule, has become accepted. However, it remains in common use as a unit of food energy. It was first defined by Professor Nicolas Clément in 1824 as a kilogram-calorie, and this definition entered French and English dictionaries between 1841 and 1867. Etymology: French calorie, from Latin calor (heat). The unit calorie has historically been used in two major alternate definitions that differ by a factor of 1000:
* The small calorie, gram calorie, or calorie (symbol: cal) is the amount of heat (energy) required to raise the temperature of one gram of water by 1 °C.
* The large calorie, kilogram calorie, kilocalorie (symbol: kcal), or Calorie (capital C) is the amount of heat (energy) needed to increase the temperature of one kg of water by 1 °C, exactly 1000 small calories, or about 4.184 kJ. The second form is the one commonly used to express food energy, e.g. when discusing dieting or nutrition plans. Its most common name is calorie; kilocalorie is sometimes used. It is more commonly spelled with the symbol "kcal" than in the spelled out form. While it should properly be written with a capital C, it rarely is, which often leads to confusion that can be altogether avoided when the proper SI unit (Joules or kiloJoules) is used. SeeWikipedia:Calorie for full article
- In 1812, the ancient mechano-alchemist (and part-time raving environmentalist) James "G" Watt hypothesized that food and energy were not necessarily conserved separately, but could actually be converted into each other, according to the LaTeX formula: In creationist belief, the calorie was invented by god to punish those who choose to eat awesome food (e.g. McDonald's, candy, corn dogs, soda, chocolates, Reese's, etc.) to make people suffer much like anorexics and vegans. However, all attempts to accelerate roast beef sandwiches to the speed of light squared made each sandwich travel sideways in time, causing it to transform into Meryl Streep instead of energy. This ridiculous state of affairs was finally explained to everybody's satisfaction in 1976 by Stephen Hawking in his Nobel Prize-winning Unified Phlogiston-Aether-Élan-Vital Field Theory.
- A "calorie" is a form of energy that is expended through respiration by consuming food. Also known as "food energy". Food energy was discovered in 1824 as a unit of heat and was described as the approximate energy required to increase 1 gram of water by 1 degree celsius. There are two ways to define calories, a small calorie (gram calorie) or a large calorie (kilogram calorie). The small calorie is equal to about 4.2 joules of energy while the large calorie is about 4.2 kilojoules.
- One calorie is the amount of heat energy needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celcius.
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