A laboratory is a building or a room where scientific experiments, analyses, and research are carried out.
2. countable noun
A laboratory in a school, college, or university is a room containing scientific equipment where students are taught science subjects such as chemistry.
3. See also language laboratory
laboratory in British English
(ləˈbɒrətərɪ, -trɪ, US English ˈlæbrəˌtɔːrɪ)
nounWord forms: plural-ries
1.
a.
a building or room equipped for conducting scientific research or for teaching practical science
b.
(as modifier)
laboratory equipment
2.
a place where chemicals or medicines are manufactured
Often shortened to: lab. See also language laboratory
Word origin
C17: from Medieval Latin labōrātōrium workshop, from Latin labōrāre to labour
laboratory in American English
(ˈlæbrəˌtɔri; occas. ˈlæbərəˌtɔri; British ləˈbɔrətəri)
nounWord forms: pluralˈlaboraˌtories
1.
a room, building, etc. for scientific experimentation or research
2.
a place for preparing chemicals, drugs, etc.
3. US
a place where theories, techniques, and methods, as in education or social studies, are tested, analyzed, demonstrated, etc.
4.
a room, often containing special equipment and materials, in which students work to enhance skills, remedy deficiencies, etc. in a particular subject, as a foreign language
5.
a class period during which students perform experiments or work in a laboratory
adjective
6.
of or performed in, or as in, a laboratory
Word origin
ML laboratorium < L laborare: see , labor verb intransitive
The process developed in our laboratories will improve cancer survival rates.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Laboratory studies have suggested that garlic extracts help to keep blood cells from clumping together.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The process accurately recreates the continuous tones of the prints you would get back from a professional laboratory.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The plant has seven acres of underground offices, laboratories and centrifuge halls.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Her scope extends from initial research to modelling, laboratory test work and strategy and marketing.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
He established an electron microprobe laboratory which became a world-class centre.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In other languages
laboratory
British English: laboratory /ləˈbɒrətərɪ; -trɪ; ˈlæbrəˌtɔːrɪ/ NOUN
A laboratory is a building or room where scientific experiments and research are performed.
...a research laboratory at the university.
American English: laboratory
Arabic: مُخْتَبَرٌ
Brazilian Portuguese: laboratório
Chinese: 实验室
Croatian: laboratorij
Czech: laboratoř
Danish: laboratorium
Dutch: laboratorium
European Spanish: laboratorio
Finnish: laboratorio
French: laboratoire
German: Laboratorium
Greek: εργαστήριο
Italian: laboratorio
Japanese: 実験室
Korean: 실험실
Norwegian: laboratorium
Polish: laboratorium
European Portuguese: laboratório
Romanian: laborator
Russian: лаборатория
Latin American Spanish: laboratorio
Swedish: laboratorium
Thai: ห้องทดลองทางวิทยาศาสตร์
Turkish: laboratuvar
Ukrainian: лабораторія
Vietnamese: phòng thí nghiệm
All related terms of 'laboratory'
laboratory school
a school that follows a model of experience-based learning and which is usually affiliated with a university
space laboratory
any large manned artificial satellite designed to orbit the earth during a long period of time thus providing a base for scientific and medical research in space and a construction site, launch pad , and docking arrangements for spacecraft
laboratory assistant
someone who assists with work in a building or room equipped for conducting scientific research or for teaching practical science, such as by cleaning and sterilizing equipment
laboratory equipment
the type of equipment found in a building or room equipped for conducting scientific research or for teaching practical science , as for carrying out scientific experiments , etc
laboratory technician
a technician who assists with or carries out work in a building or room equipped for conducting scientific research or for teaching practical science, such as by carrying out routine tests and analysing the results
language laboratory
A language laboratory is a classroom equipped with tape recorders or computers where people can practise listening to and talking foreign languages.
research laboratory
a laboratory for conducting research or investigations into science
National Physical Laboratory
a UK establishment founded in 1900 at Teddington to carry out research in physics and monitor standards of measurement
Chinese translation of 'laboratory'
laboratory
(ləˈbɔrətərɪ)
n(c)
(= for analysis, research) 研究室 (yánjiūshì) (个(個), gè)