CALORIMETER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calorimeter mean? 

• CALORIMETER (noun)
  The noun CALORIMETER has 1 sense:

1. a measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat

  Familiarity information: CALORIMETER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CALORIMETER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A measuring instrument that determines quantities of heat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("calorimeter" is a kind of...):

measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calorimeter"):

bomb; bomb calorimeter (strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion)

 Context examples 

Using a whole-room indirect calorimeter – which allows energy expenditure to be calculated based on air samples – researchers took baseline measurements of the participants’ energy expenditure in response to a day of fasting, followed by a six-week inpatient phase of 50 percent calorie reduction.

(Ease of weight loss influenced by individual biology, NIH)