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Definition: HELIOSTAT |
HELIOSTATNoun1. An instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, by which a sunbeam is made apparently stationary, by being steadily directed to one spot during the whole of its diurnal period; also, a geodetic heliotrope. |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | Special type of coelostat used for astronomical purposes. Source: European Union. (references) |
Electrical Engineering | An electro-optical-mechanical device that orients a mirror so that sunlight is reflected from the mirror in a fixed specific direction, regardless of the sun's position in the sky. Source: European Union. (references) |
Energy | A device that tracks the movement of the sun; used to orient solar concentrating systems. (references) |
Literature | Heliostat An instrument by which the rays of the sun can be flashed to great distances. Used in signalling. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Solar | A large flat mirror, usually on a tracker so that it can continuously reflect the sun's rays onto a central receiver. A typical central receiver system requires hundreds of heliostats. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: HELIOSTAT |
| English words defined with "HELIOSTAT": Siderostat. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "HELIOSTAT": Central Receiver Solar Power Plants. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "HELIOSTAT" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Swedish (heliostat). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
heliostat | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "HELIOSTAT"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | heliostat. (various references) | |
Dutch | heliostaat. (various references) | |
Finnish | heliostaatti. (various references) | |
French | héliostat, héliographe (heliograph), orienteur. (various references) | |
German | Heliostat. (various references) | |
Greek | ηλιόστατο, ηλιοστάτης. (various references) | |
Italian | eliostato. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eliostathay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | helióstato, heliógrafo (heliograph, sunshine recorder). (various references) | |
Spanish | heliostato, helióstato. (various references) | |
Swedish | heliostat. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "HELIOSTAT": heliostats. (additional references) | |
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"HELIOSTAT" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Helinstedt, heliroute. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-l-o-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: lathiest, totalise. | |
-2 letters: altoist, atheist, eoliths, halites, heliast, holiest, hostile, isolate, lithest, litotes, loathes, staithe, stealth, thistle, toilets. | |
-3 letters: eolith, halest, halite, haloes, haoles, haslet, helios, helots, holies, holist, hostel, hotels, isohel, latest, lathes, lathis, latish, lattes, lithos, loathe, lotahs, lottes, osteal, saithe, saltie, sheila, shelta, shtetl, solate, stelai, tahsil, theist, thetas, thiols. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-l-o-s-t-t" | |
+1 letter: heliostats. | |
+2 letters: cholestatic, thiopentals, thiosulfate. | |
+3 letters: catholicates, glutathiones, hematologist, methylations, thiosulfates. | |
+4 letters: catholicities, hematologists, hospitalities, scholasticate, thanatologies, thermoplastic. | |
+5 letters: anthophyllites, erythroblastic, heterothallism, mesotheliomata, monotheistical, polytheistical, prosthetically, rehabilitators, rheumatologist, scholasticates, tetrachlorides, thermoplastics. | |
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