Cal`o*rim"e*ter (?), n. [L. calor heat + -meter; cf. F. calorimetre.]
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, etc.
2. Engineering
An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.
© Webster 1913.