Meanings
adjectivecalorimetric (not comparable)
- not comparableof, or relating to calorimetry, or measured by a calorimeter
The climax was reached in the 1880's and 1890's through the meticulous work of the German physiologist Max Rubner. His calorimetric measurements of living organisms showed beyond any doubt that the law of conservation of energy held in living tissue as well as in the non-living universe.
1968, Isaac Asimov, Photosynthesis, Basic Books, Inc., page 63
Translations
Catalan calorimètric
- calorimètricrelating to calorimetry
French calorimétrique
- calorimétriquerelating to calorimetry
German kalorimetrisch
- kalorimetrischrelating to calorimetry
Italian calorimetrico
- calorimetricorelating to calorimetry
Portuguese calorimétrico
- calorimétricorelating to calorimetry
Romanian calorimetric
- calorimetricrelating to calorimetry
Russian калориметрический
- калориметрический (kalorimetričeskij)relating to calorimetry
Spanish calorimétrico
- calorimétricorelating to calorimetry
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APA
calorimetric. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calorimetric
MLA
“calorimetric.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calorimetric. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calorimetric,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calorimetric.
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