Clinostat
Pronunciation : Cli"no*stat
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: An apparatus consisting of a slowly revolving disk, usually regulated by clockwork, by means of wich the action of external agents, as light and gravity, on growing plants may be regulated or eliminated.
[Gr. to incline + to make to stand.] (Bot.)
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913