Dry labとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

dry lab (複数形 dry labs)

1. A laboratory where computational or mathematical analyses are used to simulate a physical phenomenon.
2. A photographic laboratory that does not use "wet" photographic chemicals.

派生語

• dry labbing

参考

• in silico

動詞

dry-lab ‎(三人称単数 現在形 dry-labs, 現在分詞 dry-labbing, 過去形および過去分詞形 dry-labbed)

1. to conduct an experiment in a way that produces the desired result
   • 1951, {unattributed}, Illinois Technograph - Volume 67 - Page 11

     "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?"

   What probably happened, is some damn intelligent bureaucrat dry-labbed it.

2. to make up data for an experiment that was never conducted
   • 2016, Justin Zaremba, NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, "Lab tech allegedly faked result in drug case; 7,827 criminal cases now in question", NJ.com, March 02, 2016.

使用する際の注意点

The term is often put in quotes because it is used very rarely.