Meaning Heliostat
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Heliostat


  A mirror that reflects solar rays onto a central receiver. A heliostat automatically adjusts its position to track daily or seasonal changes in the sun's position. The arrangement of heliostats [..]
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a mirror that tracks the sun, usually in order to concentrate solar power for electricity generationSTS offers progressive and high efficient heliostats, based on own patent pending technology tailore [..]
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Heliostat


instrument consisting of a large mirror moving (usually by clockwork) with the arc of the sun and reflecting light in a specific direction.
Source: nationalgeographic.org

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A clock-driven instrument mount that automatically and continuously points in the direction of the sun. It is used with a pyrheliometer when continuous direct solar radiation measurements are required [..]
Source: glossary.ametsoc.org

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Heliostat


An instrument by which the rays of the sun can be flashed to great distances. Used in signalling.
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Flat sun-tracking mirrors used to reflect and concentrate the suns' energy onto a central receiver tower.
Source: solar.co.il

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Instrument used in hydrographic surveying for reflecting Sun's rays at one observation station to another at distances up 40 miles or so. Used when direct observations and identification of the s [..]
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