cryostat

American  

[krahy-uh-stat] / ˈkraɪ əˌstæt /

noun

1. an apparatus, usually automatic, maintaining a very low constant temperature.

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cryostat British  

/ ˈkraɪəˌstæt /

noun

1. an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature or a vessel in which a substance is stored at a low temperature

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Other Word Forms

• cryostatic adjective

Etymology

Origin of cryostat

First recorded in 1910–15; cryo- + -stat

Example Sentences

Still, in 2019 Wilson and colleagues demonstrated that they could generate entangled microwaves and use them to detect an object within the same cryostat, as they reported in March 2019 in Applied Physics Letters.

From Science Magazine

Among the components being assembled is the 30-metre-diameter cryostat, manufactured by India, which surrounds the reactor and keeps it at the extremely low temperature required.

From The Guardian

Superconducting qubits need to be cooled to near absolute zero, in a device called a cryostat that fills a small room.

From Science Magazine

ScienceInsider spoke with Bigot this week as the cryostat base still hovered over the tokamak pit on the end of a crane.

From Science Magazine

There the detector was installed under the dome of the cryostat.

From New York Times