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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

bomb calorimeter

· bomb· cal·o·rim·e·ter · IPA
01 n. a type of calorimeter made of a steel body which closes tightly and resists high pressure, designed for measuring the amount of heat develo…
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    a type of calorimeter made of a steel body which closes tightly and resists high pressure, designed for measuring the amount of heat developed durng chemical combustion of a quantity of combustible material in an oxygen atmosphere.