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calorimeter |
2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: calorimeter n : determines quantities of heat
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