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laboratory

[lab-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, lab-er-uh-, luh-bor-uh-tuh-ree, -uh-tree]

noun

plural

laboratories 
  1. 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.

  2. any place, situation, set of conditions, or the like, conducive to experimentation, investigation, observation, etc.; anything suggestive of a scientific laboratory.



adjective

  1. serving a function in a laboratory.

  2. relating to techniques of work in a laboratory.

    laboratory methods; laboratory research.

laboratory

/ -trɪ, ləˈbɒrətərɪ, ˈlæbrəˌtɔːrɪ /

noun

    1. a building or room equipped for conducting scientific research or for teaching practical science

    2. ( as modifier )

      laboratory equipment

  1. a place where chemicals or medicines are manufactured

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • laboratorial adjective
  • laboratorially adverb
  • laboratorian noun
  • interlaboratory adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laboratory1

1595–1605; < Medieval Latin ōōܳ workshop, equivalent to Latin ō ( re ) to labor + -ōܳ -tory 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of laboratory1

C17: from Medieval Latin ōōܳ workshop, from Latin ōre to labour
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The Israeli military said a strike in Isfahan had "dismantled a facility for producing metallic uranium, infrastructure for reconverting enriched uranium, laboratories, and additional infrastructure".

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As a review published in March concluded: “Although laboratory studies have demonstrated that cognitive offloading has benefits for task performance, it is not without costs.”

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In April, staff at al-Ahli hospital said an Israeli strike destroyed its laboratory and damaged its emergency room.

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Madhusudhan says that does nothing to disprove his hypothesis; comets are known to be little laboratories that can cook up all sorts of unlikely things.

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But in a statement, prosecutors said they reviewed all of the evidence, police reports, witness statements and laboratory results presented by police and decided not to charge her.

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