n.
A collection of geographically distributed laboratories that are linked electronically for collaborative projects.
Example Citation:
"The NGI [Next Generation Internet] has already begun enabling innovations in science through major 'collaboratory' experiments, such as combustion scientists spread across the U.S. and around the world that are working together 'in a laboratory without walls or clocks,' said George Strawn, executive officer of the computing and networking directorate at the National Science Foundation."
—Scott Nance, "NGI Technologies Will Become More Pervasive In 5 To 10 Years," New Technology Week, July 16, 2001
—Scott Nance, "NGI Technologies Will Become More Pervasive In 5 To 10 Years," New Technology Week, July 16, 2001
Notes:
Today's word is a silky smooth blend of the adjective collaborative, "of or relating to working together," and laboratory. As shown by the earliest citation I could find, the blending may have been performed by William Wulf when he was assistant director of the U.S. National Science Foundation in 1989:
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