New word: scale, Fahrenheit, Celsius, calorie

scale, noun, /skeɪl/

MEASURING SYSTEM a system of numbers that is used for measuring the amount, speed, quality etc of something.

on a scale

The earthquakes measured 7 on the Richter scale.changes to the company’s pay scale.Your performance will be judged on a scale of 1 to 10.We use a sliding scale (=in which prices are not firmly fixed) for charges.

 MEASURING MARKS a set of marks with regular spaces between them on a tool that is used for measuring, or on the side of a mathematical drawing.

a ruler with a metric scale.

Fahrenheit (written abbreviation F), noun, adjective, /'færənhaɪt/

a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 32° and boils at 212°.

72° Fahrenheit (=72 degrees on the Fahrenheit scale)

Celsius (written abbreviationC), noun, adjective, /ˈsɛlsiəs/

a scale of temperature in which water freezes at 0º and boils at 100º SYN  Centigrade → Fahrenheit.

12º Celsius (=12 degrees on the Celsius scale)

calorie, noun, /'kæləri/ (or calory /'kæləri/)

1 

a unit for measuring the amount of energy that food will produce.

A potato has about 90 calories.

a calorie-controlled diet.

low-calorie/high-calorie.

a low-calorie snack.

I need to burn off a few calories (=lose some weight by exercising).

My wife convinced me to finally start counting calories (=control my weight by being careful about what I eat).

2

the amount of heat that is needed to raise the temperature of one gram of water by one degree Celsius. It is used as a unit for measuring energy.

— caloric, adjective, /kə'lɔrɪk/