Definition for CAL-O-RIM'E-TER

CAL-O-RIM'E-TER, n. [L. calor, heat, and Gr. μετρον, measure.]

An apparatus for measuring relative quantities of heat, or the specific caloric of bodies; or an instrument for measuring the heat given out by a body in cooling, from the quantity of ice it melts, invented by Lavoisier and Laplace.

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