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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