Calorimeter

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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. For combustion processes, a {bomb


        calorimeter} may be used.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     2. (Engineering) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of
        unevaporated water contained in steam.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  calorimeter
       n : a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat