heliostat - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'heliostat' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Heliostat

[ n.]

- 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.

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