'Clinostat' definitions:

Definition of 'Clinostat'

From: GCIDE
  • Clinostat \Cli"no*stat\, n. [Gr. ? to incline + ? to make to stand.] (Bot.) An apparatus consisting of a slowly revolving disk, usually regulated by clockwork, by means of wich the action of external agents, as light and gravity, on growing plants may be regulated or eliminated. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]