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experiment station

American

noun

an establishment in which experiments in a particular line of research or activity, as agriculture or mining, are systematically carried on.

Etymology

Origin of experiment station

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

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Kariyat joined the experiment station, the research arm of the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, in 2022.

From Science Daily • Jun. 3, 2024

He worked the test fields with Peter J. Nitzsche, the Rutgers Cooperative Extension agent for Morris County, and Jack Rabin, the associate director of the experiment station.

From New York Times • May 8, 2016

Government experiment station skinned ten inches of soil off half an acre of virgin Ohio grassland, leaving nothing but the yellow subsoil.

From Time Magazine Archive

Professor Bainer had been teaching and tinkering at Cal's agricultural experiment station in Davis since 1929.

From Time Magazine Archive

Your own experiment station has published the best information we have on this forage.

From Florida: An Ideal Cattle State by Association, Florida State Live Stock

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