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Meaning of CALORIMETER

Pronunciation:  `kalu'rimitur

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat
 
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 See Also: bomb, bomb calorimeter, measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring system

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cal`o*rim"e*ter\, n. [L. calor heat + -meter; cf.
F. calorim[`e]tre.]
1. (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat
   contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or
   chemical process, as friction, chemical combination,
   combustion, etc.
2. (Engineering) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of
   unevaporated water contained in steam.
 

 

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