LABORATORY

lab, laboratory, research lab, research laboratory, science lab, science laboratory

(noun) a workplace for the conduct of scientific research

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

laboratory (plural laboratories)

A room, building or institution equipped for scientific research, experimentation or analysis.

A place where chemicals, drugs or microbes are prepared or manufactured.

Source: Wiktionary


Lab"o*ra*to*ry, n.; pl. Laboratories. Etym: [Shortened fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See Elaborate, Labor.] [Formerly written also elaboratory.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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