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Laboratory Research Noun Bre Ləˈbɒrətri ˈlæbrətɔːri Experiments/Tests Send

Word laboratory
WordType (noun)
Phonetic BrE / ləˈbɒrətri / NAmE / ˈlæbrətɔːri /
Example
  • a research laboratory
  • laboratory experiments/tests
  • to send a specimen to the laboratory for analysis
  • he runs his own research laboratory.
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laboratory

(noun)BrE / ləˈbɒrətri / NAmE / ˈlæbrətɔːri /
  1. a room or building used for scientific research, experiments, testing, etc.
    • a research laboratory
    • laboratory experiments/tests
    • to send a specimen to the laboratory for analysis

    Extra Examples

    • He runs his own research laboratory.
    • She has donated money to establish a pharmaceutical laboratory.
    • The athletes’ reflexes were tested under laboratory conditions.
    • The effects of weathering can be simulated in the laboratory.
    • They work in a laboratory studying growth patterns.
    • laboratory tests on animals
    • simulated driving in a laboratory setting

    Word Origin

    • early 17th cent.: from medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin laborare ‘to labour’.
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