COELOSTAT


Meaning of COELOSTAT in English

/see"leuh stat'/ , n. Astron.

an apparatus consisting of a mirror driven by clockwork, used to enable a fixed telescope to keep the same area of sky in its field of view by compensating for the apparent rotation of the celestial sphere. Cf. siderostat .

[ 1895-1900; coelo- (for L caeli-, comb. form of caelum sky) + -STAT ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .