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Ali.h Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary
Calorie
The follwoing is part of an online definition for the word 'calorie':
Calories by the very simplest definition are units of energy. Every food has a number of calories. If a serving of Jell-O has 80 calories, it contains enough energy to raise the temperature of water by one degree Celsius 80 times.
Is the above saying in other words that 80 calories contains enough energy to raise the temperature of water 80 degrees celcius?
Calories by the very simplest definition are units of energy. Every food has a number of calories. If a serving of Jell-O has 80 calories, it contains enough energy to raise the temperature of water by one degree Celsius 80 times.
Is the above saying in other words that 80 calories contains enough energy to raise the temperature of water 80 degrees celcius?
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It is not a good dictionary, since it does not specify the quantity of water, which should be (I think) one gram. w=calorie&ls=a ]THIS DICTIONARY[/url] in the future. Yes, 80 calories will raise the temperature of 80 grams of water one degree Celsius one time, or one gram of water 80 degrees Celsius one time, or one gram of water one degree Celsius 80 times.
- It is not a good dictionary, since it does not specify the quantity of water, which should be (I think) one gram.
- w=calorie&ls=a ]THIS DICTIONARY[/url] in the future.
- Yes, 80 calories will raise the temperature of 80 grams of water one degree Celsius one time, or one gram of water 80 degrees Celsius one time, or one gram of water one degree Celsius 80 times.
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It is not a good dictionary, since it does not specify the quantity of water, which should be (I think) one gram. Try [url=http://www.onelook.com/?w=calorie&ls=a]THIS DICTIONARY[/url] in the future.
Yes, 80 calories will raise the temperature of 80 grams of water one degree Celsius one time, or one gram
Yes, 80 calories will raise the temperature of 80 grams of water one degree Celsius one time, or one gram
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