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bomb calorimeter

noun

Etymology

From bomb (“heavy-walled container”) + calorimeter.

  1. derived from calor — “warmth, heat”
  2. compounded as bomb calorimeter — “bomb + calorimeter”

Definitions

  1. A type of constant-volume calorimeter in which material is burned to measure its heat…

    A type of constant-volume calorimeter in which material is burned to measure its heat content.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bomb calorimeter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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