calorimeter.

1. An instrument used to measure heat gained, lost, or produced by a process.

2. A detector system that measures a particle’s energy from its interactions and deposited energy.

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Words that belong together

• a laboratory calorimeter
• calorimeter measurements

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The calorimeter measured the heat released by the reaction.

She recalibrated the calorimeter before comparing the samples.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular calorimeter; plural calorimeters. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.