cryostat

noun

cryo·​stat ˈkrī-ə-ˌstat 

: an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature especially below 0°C

cryostatic

ˌkrī-ə-ˈsta-tik 

adjective

Examples of cryostat in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The next phase requires pumping the cryostat and vacuum vessel to create high-vacuum conditions. — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 May 2026

Armed with artificial lights, Marco sat his sister at a desk across from a golden cryostat, which her colleagues use to freeze detectors to temperatures colder than the vacuum of space to hunt for subatomic particles zipping by. — Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026

To provide electric power to the spinning cryostat and rotor magnets the prototype used a slip ring. — IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025

All of these objects, including the central detector, the cryostat and the outer detector, live in a large water tank nearly a mile underground. — Hugh Lippincott, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2023

Word History

Etymology

cryo- + -stat

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for cryostat

• begat
• bobcat
• chitchat
• doormat
• ducat
• eclat
• format
• hazmat
• muskrat
• nonfat
• polecat
• thereat

Medical Definition

cryostat

noun

cryo·​stat ˈkrī-ə-ˌstat 

: an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature especially below 0°C (as by means of liquid helium)

especially : one containing a microtome for obtaining sections of frozen tissue

cryostatic

ˌkrī-ə-ˈstat-ik 

adjective