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

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

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 • Sep. 23, 2020

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

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