English Dictionary

heliostat

名詞

A device that includes a plane mirror which turns so as to keep reflecting sunlight toward a predetermined target, compensating for the sun's apparent motions in the sky. The target may be a physical object, distant from the heliostat, or a direction in space, and is almost always stationary relative to the heliostat, so the light is reflected in a fixed direction.

日本語の意味

太陽の動きに合わせて角度を調整し、平面鏡によって太陽光をあらかじめ定められた対象（物体や方向）に反射する装置

The heliostat rotated slowly throughout the day to keep the sunlight focused on the research tower's receiver.

その平面鏡式の太陽追尾装置は一日中ゆっくりと回転して、研究塔の受光器に太陽光を当て続けた。

意味（1）

A device that includes a plane mirror which turns so as to keep reflecting sunlight toward a predetermined target, compensating for the sun's apparent motions in the sky. The target may be a physical object, distant from the heliostat, or a direction in space, and is almost always stationary relative to the heliostat, so the light is reflected in a fixed direction.

heliostats （ plural ）