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

calorimeter \cal`orim"eter\, n. l. calor heat + -meter; cf.
   f. calorim`etre.
   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
see also:
bomb calorimeter 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

calorimeter
     n : a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat

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