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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

The average amounts are those given in the equation and are derived from the various results given by bomb calorimetry of whole foods.

From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019

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

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

The earlier attempts by Lavoisier and others, employing the ordinary methods of calorimetry, gave very uncertain and discordant results, which were not regarded with any confidence even by the experimentalists themselves.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" by Various

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