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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. 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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Meanwhile, his family's farm is taken by the federal government to be used as a testing ground for the development of the atomic bomb. The body is a perfect small-scale exercise in spatial design,' she says, 'a testing ground for ideas and techniques to apply to buildings. Tokyo, Japan, May 18, 2006 - (JCN Newswire) - Mazda Motor Corporation (TSE 7261) held an opening ceremony today to mark the start of operations of its new vehicle testing ground - named the Mine Proving Ground -in Mine City, Yamaguchi Prefecture, in western Japan. |
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