The amount of heat required to raise the temperature of a unit of water, at or near the temperature of maximum density, one degree Celsius (or Centigrade (C)); expressed as a "small calorie" (the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gramme of water one degree C), or as a "large calorie" or "kilogram calorie" (the amount of heat required to raise one kilogramme (1,000 grams) of water one degree C); capitalization of the word calorie indicates a kilogram-calorie.