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coelostat

coe·los·tat

uncommon

noun

1.

optical device used to follow the path of a celestial body and reflect its light into a telescope; has a movable and a fixed mirror

Origin

Related to Latin coelestis (“sky”), corrupted form of caelestis, + -stat.

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