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Ali.h Posted 16 years ago
Vocabulary

Calorie

Is this a correct definition of calorie:

A calorie is a measurement unit, it is the amount of energy in the form of heat required to warm one gram of water one degree Celsius.
  

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A calorie is a unit of measurement. It is the amount of heat energy required to warm one gram of water one degree Celsius.
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I don't see any need to say "energy in the form of heat" or "heat energy". "energy" alone suffices.

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