calorimetry en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Latin calor (“warmth, heat”) + -metry.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The science of measuring the heat absorbed or evolved during the course of a chemical reaction or change of state.
Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) or differential thermal analysis (DTA) scans (Section 5.5.3) can be employed to distinguish an enantiotrope from a monotrope.
2011, Gautam R. Desiraju, Jagadese J. Vittal, Arunachalam Ramanan, Crystal Engineering, page 112:
- (countable, uncountable) A wide headband that covers the ears, for wearing on cold days.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| calorimetries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nanocalorimetry · differential scanning calorimetry · microcalorimetry · biocalorimetry · magnetocalorimetry · adsorption calorimetry
Relateds
Translations (13)
hu kalorimetria (the scientific discipline) · cs kalorimetrie (the scientific discipline) · fr calorimétrie (the scientific discipline) · it calorimetria (the scientific discipline) · fi kalorimetria (the scientific discipline) · es calorimetría (the scientific discipline) · de Kalorimetrie (the scientific discipline) · ast calorimetría (the scientific discipline) · id kalorimetri (the scientific discipline) · gl calorimetría (the scientific discipline) · ro calorimetrie (the scientific discipline) · ca calorimetria (the scientific discipline) · ga calraiméadracht (the scientific discipline)