Word Meanings - SIDEROSTAT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.

• Direction
  The act of directing, of aiming, regulating, guiding, or ordering; guidance; management; superintendence; administration; as, the direction o/ public affairs or of a bank.
• Generalities
  of Generality
• Movability
  Movableness.
• Throwing
  of Throw
• Generality
  The state of being general; the quality of including species or particulars.
• Movable
  Capable of being moved, lifted, carried, drawn, turned, or conveyed, or in any way made to change place or posture; susceptible of motion; not fixed or stationary; as, a movable steam engine.
• Throw-crook
  An instrument used for twisting ropes out of straw.
• Apparatus
  of Apparatus
• Generalizable
  Capable of being generalized, or reduced to a general form of statement, or brought under a general rule.
• Movables
  of Movable
• Throwe
  A turning lathe.
• Apparatuses
  of Apparatus
• Generalization
  The act or process of generalizing; the act of bringing individuals or particulars under a genus or class; deduction of a general principle from particulars.
• Movableness
  The quality or state of being movable; mobility; susceptibility of motion.
• Thrower
  One who throws. Specifically: (a) One who throws or twists silk; a throwster. (b) One who shapes vessels on a throwing engine.
• Clockwork
  The machinery of a clock, or machinery resembling that of a clock; machinery which produces regularity of movement.
• Fixable
  Capable of being fixed.

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