calorimeter

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   an instrument for measuring heat absorbed or released during a chemical reaction, phase change, or other physical process

   A bomb calorimeter measured the heat released when the fuel sample burned.

2. 2
   noun

   in particle physics, a detector that absorbs particles and measures their energy from the resulting shower or signal

   The collider's electromagnetic calorimeter measured the energies of electrons and photons.

Common collocations

• bomb calorimeter Noun + noun

Formed in international scientific vocabulary from Latin calor ("heat") + -meter, ultimately from Greek metron ("measure"). The name directly reflects the instrument's original purpose: measuring quantities of heat.

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