Calorie
A calorie is a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water from 14.5 degrees Centigrade to 15.5 degrees Centigrade. The metric equivalent to a calorie is a joule (1 calorie = 4.1855 joules).
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