: a place equipped for experimental study in a science or for testing and analysis
a research laboratory
broadly: a place providing opportunity for experimentation, observation, or practice in a field of study
b
: a place like a laboratory for testing, experimentation, or practice
That area is a laboratory for cultivating the germ of terrorism.
2
: an academic period set aside for laboratory work
a course of study requiring two lectures and one laboratory per week
Example Sentences
experiments conducted in a modern laboratory
Recent Examples on the WebNext Street is a unique consultancy that operates as a laboratory of sorts, co-creating products and solutions specifically designed to meet the needs of small businesses and entrepreneurs. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2022 Preliminary research from immunologist Akiko Iwasaki’s laboratory at Yale University documented T or B cell activity in long Covid patients’ blood, suggesting that patients’ immune systems are continuing to react to virus in their bodies. Sumathi Reddy, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022 Lenberg, 66, lives in Tijeras, N.M., and previously worked in technical roles at a private laboratory operated for the National Nuclear Security Administration. Emma Brown And Jon Swaine, Anchorage Daily News, 6 Sep. 2022 Lenberg, 66, lives in Tijeras, N.M., and previously worked in technical roles at a private laboratory operated for the National Nuclear Security Administration. Jon Swaine, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022 Once docked, the Axiom astronauts are scheduled to spend 10 days aboard the orbiting laboratory. Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 2 Sep. 2022 Marquart has considered building a laboratory in Accra, Ghana to use the large waste from cassava plants to provide feedstock for the fermentation process of NOCOA. K Barrett Bilali, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2022 The Axiom Mission 2 (Ax-2) flight is scheduled to launch next year from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida and dock at the ISS, where four crew members will spend 10 days aboard the orbiting laboratory. Stephanie Mlot, PCMAG, 1 Sep. 2022 The case was revisited in 2013, and again earlier this year, when the remains were sent to Othram, a private laboratory for forensic genetic genealogy testing. Gina Martinez, CBS News, 31 Aug. 2022 See More
Word History
Etymology
Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin laborare to labor, from labor