Definition of Cryostatic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a cryostat or to cryostasis ¹

2. Adjective. (geology) Of or pertaining to the pressure exerted on soil or rocks by the freezing of water ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cryostatic

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryostatic

cryoscopes
cryoscopic
cryoscopies
cryoscopy
cryosection
cryosectioned
cryosectioning
cryosections
cryosleep
cryosolvent
cryospasm
cryosphere
cryospheric
cryostasis
cryostat
cryostatic (current term)
cryostats
cryosurgeon
cryosurgeons
cryosurgeries
cryosurgery
cryosurgical
cryosurgically
cryotechnologies
cryotechnology
cryotemperature
cryotemperatures
cryothalamectomy
cryotherapies
cryotherapist

Literary usage of Cryostatic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Permafrost: North American Contribution [to The] Second International Conference by Building Research Advisory Board Staff (1973)
"In Antarctica, cryostatic pressure apparently is responsible for the formation of large ice masses from aperiodic saline discharges from the face of Taylor ..."

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