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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

dry-lab en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To conduct an experiment in a fraudulent way that produces a desirable result, for example by inventing data.
    • Have you ever had a lab instructor doubt your data, insisting that it is impossible and perhaps implying that he thinks you dry-labbed the whole experiment? 1951, {unattributed}, Illinois Technograph - Volume 67 - Page 11
    • What probably happened is that some damn intelligent bureaucrat dry-labbed it.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
dry-labbing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dry-labs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
dry lab alternative lexicographic
dry-labbed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
dry-labbed Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

dry-labber