calorimeter
noun
cal·o·rim·e·ter
ˌka-lə-ˈri-mə-tər 
: an apparatus for measuring quantities of absorbed or emitted heat or for determining specific heats
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Utilizing a calorimeter, the team estimated that the consumed bait could sustain the energy needs of a 11.5 foot (3.5 meter) white shark for approximately one day.
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
One way to measure the energy content in food is with a bomb calorimeter.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
The first calorimeter could handle small objects a few inches on each side.
—Douglas Starr, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2011
The cone calorimeter resembled a vent hood with a series of ducts attached to the top of a small sealed chamber.
—Douglas Starr, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2011
According to the Los Angeles Times health blog, Booster Shots: Researchers from Tufts University took commercially prepared foods -- both prepackaged and from restaurants -- and analyzed them in a bomb calorimeter.
—Brett Israel, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2010
Researchers can determine how much energy a particular food or fuel contains by burning it in a device known as a bomb calorimeter.
—Jillian Mock, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2019
The idea of the whole room calorimeter is that the patient is literally locked in an airtight room, given meals through a slot in one wall, and generally observed within an inch of their lives.
—Sara Chodosh, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2021
So Berlinguette and his students built four of the world's most precise calorimeters, devices that measure the heat given off by reactions taking place within them.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 29 May 2019
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Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2024
One way to measure the energy content in food is with a bomb calorimeter.
—Rhett Allain, WIRED, 31 Oct. 2023
The first calorimeter could handle small objects a few inches on each side.
—Douglas Starr, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2011
The cone calorimeter resembled a vent hood with a series of ducts attached to the top of a small sealed chamber.
—Douglas Starr, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2011
According to the Los Angeles Times health blog, Booster Shots: Researchers from Tufts University took commercially prepared foods -- both prepackaged and from restaurants -- and analyzed them in a bomb calorimeter.
—Brett Israel, Discover Magazine, 7 Jan. 2010
Researchers can determine how much energy a particular food or fuel contains by burning it in a device known as a bomb calorimeter.
—Jillian Mock, Discover Magazine, 5 Dec. 2019
The idea of the whole room calorimeter is that the patient is literally locked in an airtight room, given meals through a slot in one wall, and generally observed within an inch of their lives.
—Sara Chodosh, Popular Science, 11 Mar. 2021
So Berlinguette and his students built four of the world's most precise calorimeters, devices that measure the heat given off by reactions taking place within them.
—Michael Greshko, National Geographic, 29 May 2019
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calorimeter
noun
cal·o·rim·e·ter
ˌkal-ə-ˈrim-ət-ər
: a device for measuring quantities of heat given off or taken in
Medical Definition
calorimeter
noun
cal·o·rim·e·ter
ˌkal-ə-ˈrim-ət-ər
: any of several apparatuses for measuring quantities of absorbed or evolved heat or for determining specific heats see bomb calorimeter, oxycalorimeter
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