laboratory
Americannoun
plural
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a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
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any place, situation, set of conditions, or the like, conducive to experimentation, investigation, observation, etc.; anything suggestive of a scientific laboratory.
adjective
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serving a function in a laboratory.
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relating to techniques of work in a laboratory.
laboratory methods; laboratory research.
noun
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a building or room equipped for conducting scientific research or for teaching practical science
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( as modifier )
laboratory equipment
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a place where chemicals or medicines are manufactured
Other Word Forms
- interlaboratory adjective
- laboratorial adjective
- laboratorially adverb
- laboratorian noun
Etymology
Origin of laboratory
1595–1605; < Medieval Latin labōrātōrium workshop, equivalent to Latin labōrā ( re ) to labor + -tōrium -tory 2
Example Sentences
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"By linking laboratory chemistry, disk physics and particle transport models, our work may highlight how habitable conditions are rooted in the earliest stages of planetary formation."
From Science Daily
"Most large atlases like this require large consortia with dozens of laboratories but our method is far more efficient than other approaches."
From Science Daily
Although researchers have previously reported laboratory synthesis of heitziamide A, they had not accomplished the total asymmetric synthesis of its naturally occurring enantiomer.
From Science Daily
They then synthesized eight different C31 sterols in the laboratory to serve as reference compounds.
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In other laboratory experiments, the researchers sought to identify when a reappropriation strategy might backfire.
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