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  • noun Plural form of cryostat.

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Examples

  • Inside, a high-ceilinged storage facility contains vast, white fibreglass cylinders, called cryostats, in which those awaiting reanimation are held.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • The flesh he wrapped in sterile film and slipped into one of his smallest specimen cryostats from his gadget-box for indefinite preservation.

    The Dragon Lensman Kyle, David, 1919- 1981

  • A few of Ball's cryogenic product innovations include high performance and next-generation multilayer insulation MLI, dewars and cryostats, cryocoolers, cryoradiators, as well as related components such as vapor cooled shields, struts, and high efficiency heat exchangers.

    unknown title 2012

  • The technology behind modern cryostats has recently advanced significantly, and the very expensive liquid helium is not even necessary anymore.

    Forbes.com: News Alex Knapp 2011

  • You can readily buy cryostats capable to cool down our chips to almost absolute zero temperature just pushing a few buttons.

    Forbes.com: News Alex Knapp 2011

  • The bodies are also covered by "sleeping bags" to protect them from any sudden surface warming when they are being placed in the cryostats, or for when they might need to be moved.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Janis Research cryostats for ARPES include Sub-K and 4 K systems.

    physicsworld.com: all content 2010

  • Janis designs cryostats for ARPES applications, choosing materials and employing fabrication techniques that are strictly compatible with the most demanding UHV requirements.

    physicsworld.com: all content 2010

  • Thus, for example, the South Africans are developing new radio receivers, with cryostats, which will have to be tested on KAT-7.

    Engineering News | Home 2009

  • The displacement of the quadrupoles cryostats damaged "jumper" connections to the cryogenic distribution line, but without rupturing its insulation vacuum.

    Newswire Today - Free Newswire - Press Releases Distribution 2008

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