The story
- Latin · derived fromcalor“warmth, heat”
- English todaycalorimeter
Words from the same roots
Latincalor all →
caloriecalorimetrycaloricscaloriferecalorimotorcalorizecaloron
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
calorimeter
Today it means: An apparatus for measuring the heat generated or absorbed by either a chemical reaction, change of phase or some other physical change. Full definition →
Latin calor