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calorimetry

American  
[kal-uh-rim-i-tree] / ˌkæl əˈrɪm ɪ tri /

noun

  1. the measurement of heat.


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Origin of calorimetry

First recorded in 1855–60; calori- + -metry

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The team also used indirect calorimetry with respiratory gas analysis to better understand energy use.

From Science Daily Apr. 14, 2026

For example Carla Prado's team at University of Alberta undertook whole-body calorimetry to understand the energy expenditures of women who had recently given birth.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

This concept lies at the heart of all calorimetry problems and calculations.

From Textbooks Feb. 14, 2019

Erickcek, A. L., Steinhardt, P. J., McCammon, D. & McGuire, P. C. Constraints on the interactions between dark matter and baryons from the x-ray quantum calorimetry experiment.

From Nature Feb. 27, 2018

There is, therefore, an equivalence, a balance, between income and outgo of energy: so that the recently conducted experiments in calorimetry are held to prove beyond question the causation of vital energy by food.

From The Problems of Psychical Research Experiments and Theories in the Realm of the Supernormal by Carrington, Hereward

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