Definitions for coelostat

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coelostat coe·lo·stat

Spelling: [see-luh-stat]

IPA: /ˈsi ləˌstæt/

Coelostat is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 439 anagrams from letters in coelostat (aceloostt).

Definitions for coelostat

noun

1. an apparatus consisting of a mirror driven by clockwork, used to enable a fixed telescope to keep the same area of sky in its field of view by compensating for the apparent rotation of the celestial sphere.

Origin of coelostat

1895-1900; coelo- (for Latin caeli-, combining form of caelum sky) + -stat

Examples for coelostat

It will be laid comfortably flat on the ground, and the rays of light reflected into it by a coelostat.