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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
lab·o·ra·to·ry 
[lab-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, lab-er-uh-; Brit. luh-bor-uh-tuh-ree, -uh-tree] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -ries, adjective
[lab-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, lab-er-uh-; Brit. luh-bor-uh-tuh-ree, -uh-tree] Pronunciation Key noun, plural -ries, adjective –noun
–adjective
| 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. |
| 3. | serving a function in a laboratory. |
| 4. | relating to techniques of work in a laboratory: laboratory methods; laboratory research. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| lab·o·ra·to·ry
(lāb'rə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) Pronunciation Key
n. pl. lab·o·ra·to·ries
[Medieval Latin labōrātōrium, from Latin labōrāre, to labor, from labor, labor.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
laboratory
laboratory
1605, "building set apart for scientific experiments," from M.L. laboratorium "a place for labor or work," from L. laboratus, pp. of laborare "to work" (see labor). Shortened form lab first attested 1895.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| laboratory | |
noun | |
| 1. | a workplace for the conduct of scientific research [syn: lab] |
| 2. | a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism" [syn: testing ground] |
WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
laboratory lab·o·ra·to·ry (lāb'rə-tôr'ē)
n.
- A room or building equipped for scientific research.
- A place where drugs and chemicals are manufactured.
- A place for practice, observation, or testing.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Laboratory
Lab"o*ra*to*ry\, n.; pl. Laboratories. [Shortened fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See Elaborate, Labor.] [Formerly written also elaboratory.] The workroom of a chemist; also, a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as, a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence, by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as, the liver is the laboratory of the bile.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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