Home › Words › C › clinostatclinostat/ˈklaɪ.nə.stæt/clinostat · noun — A rotating device that is used to investigate gravitropism in plants.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).clinostat is pronounced /ˈklaɪ.nə.stæt/.EtymologyFrom clino- + -stat.nounA rotating device that is used to investigate gravitropism in plants.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.clinostatic 75% match — Relating to, or by means of a clinostat. vs clinostat →clinorotated 66% match — rotated in a clinostat vs clinostat →clinostatism 61% match — Synonym of recumbancy. vs clinostat →crescograph 59% match — A device for measuring growth in plants. vs clinostat →auxostat 55% match — 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. vs clinostat →coelostat 55% match — A device that rotates a telescope so as to keep its orientation constant with relation to the stars. vs clinostat →clinorotating 55% match — Synonym of clinorotation. vs clinostat →gravistimulus 55% match — A stimulus produced by gravistimulation vs clinostat →