Home › Words › A › auxostatauxostatauxostat means A continuous-culture device using feedback from a measurement taken on the growth chamber to control the media flow rate, maintaining the measurement at a constant.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, auxostat ranks #32,435 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom auxo- + -stat.nounA continuous-culture device using feedback from a measurement taken on the growth chamber to control the media flow rate, maintaining the measurement at a constant.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.accelerostat 70% match — A continuous culture in which, after reaching a steady state as in a chemostat, dilution rate is increased smoothly at a constant rate of acceleration. vs auxostat →chemostat 67% match — An apparatus for the continuous culture of microorganisms in a steady state. vs auxostat →turbidostat 64% match — A continuous microbiological culture device in which fluid is automatically added, and product removed, to maintain a constant turbidity vs auxostat →chemostasis 62% match — The continuous cultivation of cells (especially of microorganisms) in a chemostat vs auxostat →retentostat 61% match — A form of chemostat in which culture liquid is removed from the bioreactor but a filter retains the biomass. vs auxostat →barostat 57% match — A device used to maintain a constant (atmospheric) pressure vs auxostat →auxanometer 56% match — An instrument to measure the growth of plants. vs auxostat →clinostat 55% match — A rotating device that is used to investigate gravitropism in plants. vs auxostat →