A surname.

plural of Calo

(nutrition) Kilogram calorie or large calorie. A unit of energy 1000 times larger than the gram calorie. It is equivalent to the gram kilocalorie, approximately 4.2 kilojoules.

Relating to calories. / (physics) Relating to or producing heat or other energy. / (US, of food) High in calories and thus likely fattening.

Relating to calories. / Containing calories. / Synonym of calorific (“high in calories and thus likely fattening”). / Synonym of calorific (“relating to or producing heat or other energy”).

(historical) The hypothetical medium of heat.

The amount of energy produced by the complete combustion of a material or fuel. Measured in units of energy per amount of material, e.g. kJ/kg.

(physics) An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.

plural of calorie / plural of calory

(physics, chemistry) A reference electrode or half-cell consisting of mercury, mercurous chloride and potassium chloride; used in pH meters and voltmeters