Laboratory

Etymology

Medieval Latin laboratorium, from Latin laborare to labor, from labor

• Date: 1605

Definitions

• 1 a : a place equipped for experimental study in a science or for testing and analysis; broadly : a place providing opportunity for experimentation, observation, or practice in a field of study

b : a place like a laboratory for testing, experimentation, or practice <the laboratory of the mind>

• 2 : an academic period set aside for laboratory work