Found 3 items, similar to Laboratories.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: laboratory
laboratorium
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: laboratory
laboratory
n 1: a workplace for the conduct of scientific research [syn:
lab,
research lab,
research laboratory,
science lab,
science laboratory
]
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Laboratories
Laboratory
\Lab"o*ra*to*ry\, n.; pl.
Laboratories. [Shortened
fr. elaboratory; cf. OF. elaboratoire, F. laboratoire. See
Elaborate,
Labor.] [Formerly written also
elaboratory.]
1. 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.
[1913 Webster]
2. Hence: Any place, activity or situation suggestive of a
scientific laboratory[1], especially in being conducive to
learning new facts by experimentation or by systematic
observation; as, the states serve as laboratories where
different new policies may be tested prior to adoption
throughout the country.
[PJC]