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laboratoryPlace where scientific research and development is conducted and analyses performed, in contrast with the field or factory. Most laboratories are characterized by controlled uniformity of conditions (constant temperature, humidity, cleanliness). Modern laboratories use a vast number of instruments and procedures to study, systematize, or quantify the objects of their attention. Procedures often include sampling, pretreatment and treatment, measurement, calculation, and presentation of results; each may be carried out by techniques ranging from having an unaided person use crude tools to running an automated analysis system with computer controls, data storage, and elaborate readouts. laboratory [′lab·rə‚tȯr·ē] (science and technology) A place for experimental study. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The beach right outside the lab's offices was magnificent, but I was most impressed with his research lab and team. While working in a research lab here in the United States, 18-year-old Britni Lonesome is helping people all around the world. 2 -- color -- ran in AV edition only) Rusty Bianski of the Air Force Research Lab burns a piece of solid propellant in a workshop called ``Cowabunga Chemistry. |
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