"cryostat" meaning in All languages combined

See cryostat on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-cryostat.wav [US] Forms: cryostats [plural]
Etymology: cryo- + -stat Etymology templates: {{confix|en|cryo|stat}} cryo- + -stat Head templates: {{en-noun}} cryostat (plural cryostats)
  1. Any device used to maintain a constant low temperature.
    Sense id: en-cryostat-en-noun-bW2PJ2Im Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with cryo-, English terms suffixed with -stat Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with cryo-: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -stat: 70 30
  2. (biology) A microtome held at a constant low temperature. Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-cryostat-en-noun-rJ1cFskJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: cryostasis, cryostatic

Inflected forms

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