Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
calorimeter
n 1: a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat