calorimeter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat

WordNet

Cal`o*rim"e*ter noun
Etymology
L. calor heat + -meter; cf. F. calorimètre.
Definitions
  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.
  2. (Engineering) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.

Webster 1913