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elaboratory |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Laboratory \Lab"o*ra*to*ry\, n.; pl {Laboratories}. [Shortened fr elaboratory; cf OF elaboratoire F. laboratoire See {Elaborate}, {Labor.}] [Formerly written also {elaboratory.}] The workroom of a chemist; also a place devoted to experiments in any branch of natural science; as a chemical, physical, or biological laboratory. Hence by extension, a place where something is prepared, or some operation is performed; as the liver is the laboratory of the bile. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elaboratory \E*lab"o*ra*to*ry\, a. Tending to elaborate. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Elaboratory \E*lab"o*ra*to*ry\, n. A laboratory. [Obs.]
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