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coelostat

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Noun

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coe=lo=stat

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun coelostat has 1 sense

coelostat(n = noun.artifact) Array - optical device used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope; has a movable and a fixed mirror; Array

is a kind of

optical device

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CIDE DICTIONARY

coelostat, n.

an optical instrument used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope; it has a movable and a fixed mirror. [WordNet 1.5]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

coelostat, n. Astron. an instrument with a rotating mirror that continuously reflects the light from the same area of sky allowing the path of a celestial body to be monitored.

Etymology

L caelum sky + -STAT

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