cryostat
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The machine, a cascade of gold and silver-coloured cylinders descending through a cloud of wires, is a cryostat, a device that cools so much it slows activity even at the molecular level.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026
The heart of the experiment is the giant tank called the cryostat, lead engineer Jeff Cherwinka said in a December 2019 tour before the device was closed and filled.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2022
IBM is already preparing a jumbo liquid-helium refrigerator, or cryostat, to hold a quantum computer with 1 million qubits.
From Science Magazine • Sep. 15, 2020
But the cryostat was not ready to be closed.
From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2020
The modernistic glass-walled structure—designed by Tom himself—had every tool of modern scientific research, from electronic microscope to helium cryostat.
From Tom Swift and the Electronic Hydrolung by Brey, Charles
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