kcal

American  

1. kilocalorie; kilocalories.

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kcal British  

abbreviation

1. kilocalorie

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Example Sentences

It showed binding affinities of −8.6 kcal/mol with AChE and −8.7 kcal/mol with BChE, meaning it attached more strongly to both enzymes than other compounds tested, including Succinic acid.

From Science Daily

“We saw union activists and organizers be involved in these efforts to resist our operations,” he told local television station KCAL.

From Los Angeles Times

After KCAL’s Jeff Nguyen interviewed a man whose home was destroyed, the owner of an empty residence in Laguna Beach offered it as temporary shelter.

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“I’m just chilling, watching TV and then I hear — kaboom!” a bemused Miod told KCAL.

From Los Angeles Times

When Lockheed moved from Burbank to Palmdale in 1989, Nickerson chose to commute roughly 130 miles round trip each day rather than leave his neighborhood, his daughter told KCAL.

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