01 n. An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemica…
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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.(Physiol.) See: bomb calorimeter
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An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.(Engineering)