Look up: Cryostat

1. Cryostat
   A cryostat (from cryo meaning cold and stat meaning stable) is a device used to maintain cold cryogenic temperatures of samples or devices mounted within the cryostat. Low temperatures may be maintained within a cryostat by using various refrigeration methods, most commonly using cryogenic fluid ba...
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2. cryostat
   [n] - a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures
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3. Cryostat
   Container used to isolate thermally a fluid from its environment and maintain it at low temperatures. See also: Cryogenic Gas.
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4. Cryostat
   Cryostat: A chamber that can maintain very low temperatures. Medical laboratories use a cryostat to preserve frozen tissue samples while a microtome, an extremely sharp cutting instrument mounted inside cryostats, slices the tissue into pieces thin enough to be observed under a microscope. The slice...
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5. Cryostat
   a batchwise operating apparatus in which a cryogenic liquid or solid is used to maintain by evaporation a cryotemperature which needs not be constant but may vary in a predetermined fash ion Category: Medicine
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6. cryostat
   A freezing chamber. ... Origin: cryo-+ G. Statos, standing ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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7. cryostat
   noun a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures
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8. cryostat
   (kri´o-stat″) a device by which temperature can be maintained at a very low level. in pathology and histology, a chamber containing a microtome for sectioning frozen tissue.
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9. cryostat
   (from the article `radiation measurement`) ...all germanium detectors, even those with relatively small volume, are cooled to liquid-nitrogen temperature during their use. Typically, the ...
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10. cryostat
    cryostat 1. A freezing chamber. 2. A device by which temperature can be maintained at a very low level. 3. In pathology and histology, a chamber containing a microtome for sectioning frozen tissue. 4. A regulator for maintaining a constant, low temperature.
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11. Cryostat
    A vacuum insulated vessel for cryogenic fluids. see Dewar.
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12. Cryostat
    A vessel for maintaining a constant low temperature.
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13. Cryostat
    A vacuum insulated vessel for cryogenic fluids. see Dewar.
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14. Cryostat
    A vessel for maintaining a constant low temperature.
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15. cryostat
    container which provides the cryogenic environmental conditions to operate a superconducting device
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16. cryostat
    Type: Term Pronunciation: krī′ō-stat Definitions: 1. A freezing chamber.
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