Hypertext Webster Gateway: "calorimeter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Calorimeter \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
calorimeter
n : a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat
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