calorimeter
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Etymology
Origin of calorimeter
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The researchers also believe the technology could become useful in quantum computers because the calorimeter operates at the same extremely cold millikelvin temperatures required by qubits, the basic units of quantum information.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
To reach this level of sensitivity, the researchers used a calorimeter, a device designed to measure extremely small changes in heat energy.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
This gold-standard method involves placing a small sample of food or drink inside a device known as a bomb calorimeter.
From Salon • Aug. 24, 2023
When an x-ray strikes one of the mercury telluride pixels in the calorimeter, it knocks loose an electron and transfers all its energy to it.
From Science Magazine • Aug. 15, 2023
Some heat is generally lost in transferring the heated body to the calorimeter; this loss may be minimized by performing the transference rapidly, but it cannot be accurately calculated or eliminated.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 1 "Calhoun" to "Camoens" by Various
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
