CALORIMETER

calorimeter. Calorimeter, n. an apparatus to measure relative quantities of heat, or the specific caloric of bodies

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Cal′o‐rim″e‐ter (?), n. [[L. calor heat + -meter; cf. F. calorimètre.]] 1. 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. 2. (Engineering) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.