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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An apparatus used to maintain constant low temperature.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures.

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  • noun Any device used to maintain a constant low temperature
  • noun biology A microtome held at a constant low temperature

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  • noun a thermostat that operates at very low temperatures

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Examples

  • This is accomplished by packing it in a cryostat, which is basically a large thermos filled with solid hydrogen.

    NASA to Launch WISE on Friday | Universe Today 2009

  • The stainless steel quarto plates, made out of low cobalt 304, will be used in the cylindrical section of the cryostat, which is the hull surrounding the main components of the Tokamak reactor.

    Reuters: Press Release 2011

  • A bottle-like chamber, called a cryostat, surrounds and cools the telescope and detectors.

    News and Features - NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory 2010

  • This is accomplished by packing it in a cryostat, which is basically a large thermos filled with solid hydrogen.

    Universe Today 2009

  • The cryostat is expected to keep the instrument cool enough for about 10 months of observation after the launch.

    NASA to Launch WISE on Friday | Universe Today 2009

  • The detector itself has to be near 1 degree Kelvin to eliminate noise radiation from the surrounding environment, which is why it is located at the frigid South Pole, and placed inside of a cryostat.

    New CMB Measurements Support Standard Model | Universe Today 2009

  • I am very glad I never had to build this version of the instrument I had conceived, but I did learn a lot about what could be done, and I learned about the IRAS mission, which was to have a large helium cryostat much like the one we needed for the COBE.

    John C. Mather - Autobiography 2007

  • Liquid helium boils rapidly, creating large asymmetric pressures inside the magnet cryostat.

    LHC Magnet Test Failure John 2007

  • Anyone doing a low-temperature experiment should head to the Bay Area for the weekend and leave your cryostat systems at home!

    A Cold Snap? JoAnne 2006

  • A fall into the yawning gap between the two CCDs (almost a millimetre wide!) would expose me to the - 120C temperature deeper inside this cryostat, killing me instantly as my suit failed.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

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