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calorimetric

calorimetric adjective: of, or relating to calorimetry, or measured by a calorimeter.

Adjective

calorimetric (not comparable)

  1. of, or relating to calorimetry, or measured by a calorimeter
    • The climax was reached in the 1880's and 1890's through the meticulous work of the German physiologist Max Rubner. His calorimetric measurements of living organisms showed beyond any doubt that the law of conservation of energy held in living tissue as well as in the non-living universe.1968, Isaac Asimov, Photosynthesis, Basic Books, Inc., page 63

Words formed from calorimetric

Questions about calorimetric

What does calorimetric mean?
Calorimetric means of, or relating to calorimetry, or measured by a calorimeter.
What part of speech is calorimetric?
Calorimetric is an adjective.

Words near calorimetric in the dictionary

  1. calorigenicity
  2. calorimeter
  3. calorimeters
  4. calorimetre
  5. calorimetres
  6. calorimetric
  7. calorimetrically
  8. calorimetries
  9. calorimetry
  10. calorimotor
  11. calorimotors

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