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.

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Etymology

Origin of experiment station

An Americanism dating back to 1870–75

Example Sentences

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

In 1915 he got a job as research assistant at the experiment station and began working with soil microorganisms, the starting point of the antibiotics.

From Time Magazine Archive

Just beyond the agricultural experiment station, a new information center sits by a freshly dug pond with the regulation absurd Old Faithful-type fountain.

From Time Magazine Archive

Near the city is the farm of the agricultural college and the experiment station.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various