On 17 Apr 2009 13:25:08 -0400, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

>Orchid XP v8 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> Is "calorie" actually an unambiguously defined unit?
>
>  No, it's just that Americans, once again, cannot use the same units of
>measurement as Europeans. Thus what's "kilocalorie" here is "calorie"
>there, just for the sake of creating confusion.
>

When talking about food we, in the UK, use calorie for Kilocalorie as well. When
talking about heat energy, those of us of a certain age, use Therm or BTU. :P



>  (I wonder what "kilocalorie" means in the US. Is it the same as a
>megacalorie here?)

Meow LOL ;) 
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Regards
     Stephen

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