Laboratory Definition
lăbrə-tôrē
laboratories
noun
laboratories
A room, building, etc. for scientific experimentation or research.
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A place for preparing chemicals, drugs, etc.
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A place where theories, techniques, and methods, as in education or social studies, are tested, analyzed, demonstrated, etc.
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A class period during which students perform experiments or work in a laboratory.
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A room, often containing special equipment and materials, in which students work to enhance skills, remedy deficiencies, etc. in a particular subject, as a foreign language.
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Synonyms:
- testing ground
- science laboratory
- science lab
- research lab
- research-laboratory
- lab
- kitchen
- workroom
- research facility
- testing room
- research room
- experiment room
- experiment laboratory
- proving-ground
adjective
Of or performed in, or as in, a laboratory.
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Other Word Forms of Laboratory
Noun
Singular:
laboratoryPlural:
laboratoriesOrigin of Laboratory
Medieval Latin labōrātōrium from Latin labōrāre to labor from labor labor
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Medieval Latin laboratorium
From Wiktionary
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