calorimotor

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noun

A voltaic battery, from the 19th century, with a large surface of plate, producing (by the then standards) powerful heating effects.

OriginLatin calor →
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Meanings

nouncalorimotor (plural calorimotors)

plural calorimotors

  1. historicalA voltaic battery, from the 19th century, with a large surface of plate, producing (by the then standards) powerful heating effects.

Origin

  1. Latincalor“heat”
  2. Englishcalorimotor

Latin calor (“heat”) + English motor.

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APA

calorimotor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calorimotor

MLA

“calorimotor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calorimotor. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “calorimotor,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/calorimotor.

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