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bomb calorimeter — bäm n a calorimeter used to determine the heat of combustion of a substance in a chamber consisting of a strong steel shell * * * an apparatus for measuring the potential energy of food, a weighed amount of the food being placed on a platinum… … Medical dictionary
bomb calorimeter — noun strong sealed vessel for measuring heat of combustion (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑bomb • Hypernyms: ↑calorimeter * * * bomb calorimeter noun An apparatus for determining the calorific value of fuels by ignition in a thick walled steel vessel • • •… … Useful english dictionary
bomb calorimeter — kalorimetrinė bomba statusas T sritis Standartizacija ir metrologija apibrėžtis Įtaisas šilumos mainams tarp nagrinėjamosios sistemos ir aplinkos matuoti esant pastoviam tūriui. atitikmenys: angl. bomb calorimeter vok. kalorimetrische Bombe, f… … Penkiakalbis aiškinamasis metrologijos terminų žodynas
Calorimeter — Cal o*rim e*ter, n. [L. calor heat + meter; cf. F. calorim[ e]tre.] 1. (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Calorimeter — This article is about heat measuring devices. For particle detectors, see Calorimeter (particle physics). The world’s first ice calorimeter, used in the winter of 1782 83, by Antoine Lavoisier and Pierre Simon Laplace, to determine the heat… … Wikipedia
calorimeter — /kal euh rim i teuhr/, n. an apparatus for measuring quantities of heat. [1785 95; CALORI + METER] * * * Device for measuring heat produced during a mechanical, electrical, or chemical reaction and for calculating the heat capacity of materials.… … Universalium
calorimeter — An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat liberated in a chemical reaction. [L. calor, heat, + G. metron, measure] Benedict Roth c. Benedict Roth apparatus. bomb c. an instrument for determining the potential energy … Medical dictionary
calorimeter — n as used in Test Method D5865, the bomb and its contents, the calorimeter vessel with stirrer, the water in which the bomb is immersed, and the portions of the thermometer and the ignition leads within the calorimeter vessel. D5865 … Coke&Coal Terminology
explosion bomb — explosion bomb, a form of calorimeter used to determine the heat of combustion of substances … Useful english dictionary
Measuring instrument — Captain Nemo and Professor Aronnax contemplating measuring instruments in Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea … Wikipedia
