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experiment station

American  

noun

  1. 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

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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

Set out in row's at the University's plant experiment station in Berkeley are a number of shallow tanks made of wood, concrete, metal.

From Time Magazine Archive

The city is situated in a rich agricultural region, and just outside the corporate limits is an agricultural experiment station, established by the state but maintained by the Federal government.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" by Various

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