Heliostat Definition

hēlē-ə-stăt
noun
A device consisting of a mirror slowly revolved by clockwork so as to reflect the sun's rays continuously in a fixed direction.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Heliostat

Noun

Singular:
heliostat
Plural:
heliostats

Origin of Heliostat

  • Circa 1750, from New Latin heliostata, from Ancient Greek ἥλιος (helios, “sun”) + Latin status (“stationary”).

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Heliostat Sentence Examples

  • Foucault's heliostat reflects the rays horizontally in any required direction.

  • In the absence of a heliostat it is more convenient to obtain a point of light with the aid of a lens of short focus.

  • Silbermann's heliostat reflects the rays in any direction.

  • One of the most important applications of the heliostat is as an adjunct to the newer forms of ' horizontal telescopes (q.v.) and in conjunction with spectroscopic telescopes in observations of eclipses.

  • In the absence of a heliostat the latter was the more convenient.

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