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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

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

At the University of Tennessee's Oak Ridge experiment station, hens fed with mildly radioactive mash are laying radioactive eggs.

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

Bearing trees are reported from Basilan, near Zamboanga, and a few plants are also growing at the Lamao experiment station in Bataan.

From The Philippine Agricultural Review Vol. VIII, First Quarter, 1915 No. 1 by Various

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