имя существительное то же, что и calory калория Например: empty calories — "пустые" калории (в пище, имеющей низкую питательную ценность) to count calories — считать калории
калория
калория, кал
also calory noun (plural -ries) Etymology: French calorie, from Latin calor heat, from calēre to be warm — more at lee 1. a. the amount of heat required at a pressure of one atmosphere to raise the temperature of one gram of water one degree Celsius that is equal to about 4.19 joules — abbreviation cal; called also gram calorie, small calorie b. the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water one degree Celsius; 1000 gram calories or 3.968 Btu — abbreviation Cal; called also large calorie 2. a. a unit equivalent to the large calorie expressing heat-producing or energy-producing value in food when oxidized in the body b. an amount of food having an energy-producing value of one large calorie