kilocalorie

noun

ki·​lo·​cal·​o·​rie ˈki-lə-ˌka-lə-rē  ˈkē-lə- 

-ˌkal-rē

1

: calorie sense 1b

2

: calorie sense 2a

Examples of kilocalorie in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Elevating the core temperature of an average size male one degree requires adding about 60 kilocalories of heat. —Outside Online, 19 Feb. 2025

For example, a ketogenic diet limits carbohydrate intake to 50 grams, which is 10% of the calories for someone consuming 2,000 kilocalories a day. —Merve Ceylan, Health, 22 Oct. 2024

Although each gram of protein provides 4 kilocalories, your body does not use protein as a primary energy source. —Merve Ceylan, Health, 22 Oct. 2024

Low-grade import coal with 3,800 kilocalories per kilogram, compared to the 5,500kcal Qinhuangdao product, is currently trading at its lowest levels in 3½ years — a strong indicator that a domestic market awash in poor quality coal doesn’t need to bring any more of it from overseas. —David Fickling, Twin Cities, 11 Sep. 2024

The national currency lost almost one-fourth of its value, leading the minimum wage value to drop from $260 to almost $70 per month, while the cost of a food basket of 2,100 kilocalories almost tripled. —Hadi Kahalzadeh, Foreign Affairs, 11 Mar. 2021

That means that each 1-gram piece of Newton Nougat Crunch is 2 kilocalories. —Rhett Allain, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023

At the start of the show, the contestants’ mean resting metabolic rate was 2,607 +/-649 kilocalories per day. —Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2019

Based on their individual weights, the researchers estimate that the contestants were burning an average of about 500 fewer kilocalories a day than would be expected of people their size. —Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 17 Dec. 2019

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary

First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for kilocalorie

• calorie
• galerie
• gallery
• mallory
• salary

Kids Definition

kilocalorie

noun

ki·​lo·​cal·​o·​rie ˈkē-lə-ˌkal-(ə-)rē 

ˈkil-ə-

: calorie sense 1b

Medical Definition

kilocalorie

noun

ki·​lo·​cal·​o·​rie -ˌkal-(ə-)rē 

: calorie sense 1b