First Known Use: circa 1889
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kilojoule
noun ki·lo·joule \-ˌjül\
Definition of KILOJOULE
: 1000 joules; also : a unit in nutrition equivalent to 0.239 calorie
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Origin of KILOJOULE
International Scientific Vocabulary
Rhymes with KILOJOULE
April fool, Barnaul, blow one's cool, boarding school, charter school, common school, cutty stool, dirty pool, ducking stool, fascicule, gallinule, grammar school, graticule, groupuscule, Hartlepool, Istanbul, lenticule, Liverpool, machine tool, magnet school, majuscule, middle school, minischool, minuscule, molecule, motor pool, normal school, nursery school, overrule, private school, public school, reform school, reticule, ridicule, summer school, Sunday school, training school, vestibule, wading pool
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kilojoule
noun ki·lo·joule \ˈkil-ə-ˌjü(ə)l\
Medical Definition of KILOJOULE
: 1000 joules; also : a unit equivalent to 0.239 nutritional calories
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