[f. L. calōr-em heat + Gr. -μετρία measurement.] The measurement of heat.
1858. Lardner, Nat. Phil., iv. (title), Calorimetry.
1871. Maxwell, Th. Heat (1877), 9. The method of measuring heat may be called Calorimetry.
1882. Watts, Dict. Chem., III. 18. The measurement of temperature, or thermometry, is … a preliminary to the measurement of heat, or calorimetry.
