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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers opportunities for observation and practice and experimentation;
- Example: "the new nation is a testing ground for socioeconomic theories"
- Example: "Pakistan is a laboratory for studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism"
[syn: testing ground, laboratory]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

testing ground
    n 1: a region resembling a laboratory inasmuch as it offers
         opportunities for observation and practice and
         experimentation; "the new nation is a testing ground for
         socioeconomic theories"; "Pakistan is a laboratory for
         studying the use of American troops to combat terrorism"
         [syn: testing ground, laboratory]