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Calorimeter

CALORIMETER

Noun.

An apparatus for measuring relative quantities of heat, or the specific caloric of bodies; or an instrument for measuring the heat given out by a body in cooling, from the quantity of ice it melts, invented by Lavoisier and Laplace.

Definition 2024

calorimeter

English

Alternative forms

calorimetre (nonstandard)

Noun

calorimeter ‎(plural calorimeters)

(physics) An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change.

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Translations

apparatus for measuring amount of heat

Asturian: calorímetru m
Catalan: calorímetre m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熱量計 (zh), 热量计 (zh) ‎(rèliàngjì), 量熱計, 量热计 ‎(liàngrèjì)
French: calorimètre (fr) f
Galician: calorímetro m
German: Kalorimeter (de) n
Irish: calraiméadar m
Italian: calorimetro m

Japanese: 熱量計 ‎(ねつりょうけい, netsuryōkei)
Malay: jangka kalori, kalorimeter
Portuguese: calorímetro m
Russian: калори́метр (ru) m ‎(kalorímetr)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: калориметар m

Roman: kalorimetar (sh) m
Spanish: calorímetro (es) m

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Calorimeter

CALORIMETER

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calorimeter

calorimeter

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