Synonyms for laboratories


Grammar : Noun
Spell : lab-ruh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, lab-er-uh-; British luh-bor-uh-tuh-ree, -uh-tree
Phonetic Transcription : ˈlæb rəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, ˈlæb ər ə-; British ləˈbɒr ə tə ri, -ə tri


Définition of laboratories

Origin :
  • c.1600, "building set apart for scientific experiments," from Medieval Latin laboratorium "a place for labor or work," from Latin laboratus, past participle of laborare "to work" (see labor (n.)). Figurative use by 1660s.
  • noun testing room
Example sentences :
  • I'll have to get equipment from the laboratories before we start on those.
  • Extract from : « The End of Time » by Wallace West
  • Outside, it was cold, but the laboratories were well heated by steam.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various
  • It became the parent institution for laboratories in all countries.
  • Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg
  • There are three kinds of glass most generally employed in laboratories.
  • Extract from : « On Laboratory Arts » by Richard Threlfall
  • We are human, like the rest of our sex, if you catch us out of our laboratories.
  • Extract from : « The Tyranny of the Dark » by Hamlin Garland
  • All members of the Lodge are cautioned to stay away from laboratories.
  • Extract from : « Card Trick » by Walter Bupp AKA Randall Garrett
  • The sooner they advance to where they can use our libraries and laboratories, the better.
  • Extract from : « Adaptation » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
  • There were no laboratories, for there was no experimentation.
  • Extract from : « An Introduction to the History of Western Europe » by James Harvey Robinson
  • There were no libraries worthy of the name, no laboratories or observatories for research.
  • Extract from : « Society » by Henry Kalloch Rowe
  • It is not a residential college, and it has no laboratories.
  • Extract from : « Home Life in Germany » by Mrs. Alfred Sidgwick

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