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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
calorimeter
    n 1: a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat

2. 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]

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