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calorimotor

calorimotor noun: a voltaic battery, from the 19th century, with a large surface of plate, producing (by the then standards) powerful heating effects.

Noun

calorimotor (plural calorimotors)

  1. (historical) A voltaic battery, from the 19th century, with a large surface of plate, producing (by the then standards) powerful heating effects.

Forms of calorimotor

pluralcalorimotors

Origin of calorimotor

Latin calor (“heat”) + English motor.

Questions about calorimotor

What does calorimotor mean?
Calorimotor means a voltaic battery, from the 19th century, with a large surface of plate, producing (by the then standards) powerful heating effects.
What part of speech is calorimotor?
Calorimotor is a noun.
What is the plural of calorimotor?
The plural of calorimotor is calorimotors.

Words near calorimotor in the dictionary

  1. calorimetres
  2. calorimetric
  3. calorimetrically
  4. calorimetries
  5. calorimetry
  6. calorimotor
  7. calorimotors
  8. calorique
  9. Caloris
  10. Caloris Planitia
  11. calorisator

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