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Calorimeter   Listen
noun
Calorimeter  n.  
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. For combustion processes, a bomb calorimeter may be used.
2.
(Engineering) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.





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"Calorimeter" Quotes from Famous Books



... The calorimeter, or apparatus for measuring the relative quantities of heat contained in bodies, was described by Mr de la Place and me in the Memoirs of the Academy for 1780, p. 355. and from that Essay the materials of this ...
— Elements of Chemistry, - In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries • Antoine Lavoisier
... thermometer, alcohol thermometer, clinical thermometer, dry-bulb thermometer, wet-bulb thermometer, Anschutz thermometer [G.], gas thermometer, telethermometer; color-changing temperature indicator; thermopile, thermoscope^; pyrometer, calorimeter, bomb calorimeter; thermistor, thermocouple. [temperature-control devices] thermostat, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget


Words linked to "Calorimeter" :   bomb, measuring device, bomb calorimeter


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