lab

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/ læb /

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noun

laboratory.

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Origin of lab

By shortening

Words nearby lab

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Other definitions for lab (2 of 5)

Lab

[ lab ]

/ læb /

noun

Informal. Labrador retriever.

Origin of Lab

By shortening

Other definitions for lab (3 of 5)

LAB

or lab

abbreviation Slang.

life’s a bitch (used to acknowledge, often dismissively, a difficult or unfair circumstance).

Origin of LAB

From its use in digital communications

Other definitions for lab (4 of 5)

lab.

abbreviation

labor.

laboratory.

laborer.

Other definitions for lab (5 of 5)

Lab.

abbreviation

Laborite.

Labrador.

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How to use lab in a sentence

Replace that coefficient with a finite measurement from the lab.
How Mathematical ‘Hocus-Pocus’ Saved Particle Physics|Charlie Wood|September 17, 2020|Quanta Magazine
Additional lab trials are also ongoing with Samsung, Verizon said.
Verizon plans to offer indoor 5G networks by year-end|Aaron Pressman|September 16, 2020|Fortune
The coronavirus can usually make 100 million copies of itself inside a cell in about a day, but Coleman says the deoptimized version will copy itself half as well in the lab.
Synthetic biologists have created a slow-growing version of the coronavirus to give as a vaccine|David Rotman|September 16, 2020|MIT Technology Review
In a lab dish of about 1 million human cells, she says the viral load can skyrocket from about one thousand infectious viruses to 10 million in just two days.
Lung cell images show how intense a coronavirus infection can be|Jonathan Lambert|September 15, 2020|Science News

His lab made headlines in 2009 by showing that in mice, NK cells can learn from past experience.
‘Trained Immunity’ Offers Hope in Fight Against Coronavirus|Esther Landhuis|September 14, 2020|Quanta Magazine
The lab opened the door to a patchwork of grants from around the world which allowed Lavie to begin auditioning actresses.
‘Zero Motivation’: the Funny Side of the IDF|Melissa Leon|December 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
After his return to the United States, Gillespie took the discovery to the National Transportation Safety Board lab.
How Amelia's Plane Was Found|Michael Daly|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
“The captain said there was a person on board who worked in a lab at Texas Health Presbyterian,” Lupher said.
Inside the Cruise Ship Quarantined Over Ebola Fear|Carol McKinley|October 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Robust work in this area is coming from Jeffrey Gordon lab at Washington University in St. Louis.
‘Good Poop’ Diet Is the Next Big Thing|Daniela Drake|October 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Though a lab has also confirmed the presence of the virus, its role in her death is unclear.
What You Need to Know About Enterovirus|Russell Saunders|October 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The details for the application of the indicator are given in the instructions for laboratory practice, Lab.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
I went up the stairs and down the hall to Callahan's lab, next to Dr. Marchare's.
The Professional Approach|Charles Leonard Harness
Most of these were workmen of some kind or other, called in to help the lab crew as needed, but all of them were tight-lipped.
Security|Poul William Anderson
He discharged the accumulated energy in a single blue flare that filled the lab with thunder and ozone.
Security|Poul William Anderson
I have talked to him about the relation of conscience to lab-work, but I don't know if my talk all came out at the other ear.
The Letters of Ambrose Bierce|Ambrose Bierce

British Dictionary definitions for lab (1 of 3)

lab

/ (læb) /

noun informal

short for laboratory

short for Labrador retriever

British Dictionary definitions for lab (2 of 3)

lab.

abbreviation for

laboratory

labour

British Dictionary definitions for lab (3 of 3)