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• cal
  cal

  calorie.
• Cal
  Cal

  noun

  a male given name, form of Calvin.
• cal.
  cal.

  abbreviation

  calendar.
• Cal.
  Cal.

  abbreviation

  California.
• CAL
  CAL

  abbreviation

  computer-aided (or -assisted) learning

cal

¹ American  

1. calorie.

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Cal ² American  

[kal] / kæl /

noun

1. a male given name, form of Calvin.

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Cal ³ American  

1. kilocalorie.

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cal. ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. calendar.

2. caliber.

3. calorie.

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Cal. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. California.

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cal. ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. calendar

2. calibre

3. calorie (small)

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Cal. ² British  

abbreviation

1. Calorie (large)

2. California

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CAL ³ British  

abbreviation

1. computer-aided (or -assisted) learning

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Example Sentences

As defiant teenagers tend to do, Chambers departed from the family profession, admitted to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo as an agricultural business major.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

The costs are wildly different: average annual cost on the College Scorecard is $3,967 at Cal State Los Angeles, $18,784 at Stony Brook and $25,239 at St. Michael’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

He would eventually meet his wife, Caitlin, then an English student at Cal Poly.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

Powell and student researcher Louis Buchalter, who earned a Cal Poly bachelor's degree in physics in 2025, published their findings in Physical Review B in a paper titled "Flux-Switching Floquet Engineering."

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

“With hockey,” Cal said, his mouth still full.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan