benchtop
adjective
bench·top
ˈbench-ˌtäp 
: suitable (as in size or configuration) for convenient use on a laboratory workbench
a benchtop centrifuge
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In addition to being mobile, the microscope captures the activity of more cells than a traditional benchtop microscope does, letting researchers see what's happening in a larger area of the brain.
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Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2011
The test requires a blood sample from the patient which is then processed in a benchtop instrument designed by the company to sit in hospitals’ clinical laboratories.
—David Prosser, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
Bose, meanwhile, is interested in using such systems as benchtop detectors of gravitational waves, which so far have only been seen with the aid of immense detectors several kilometers in size.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Aug. 2021
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Valerie Ross, Discover Magazine, 15 Sep. 2011
The test requires a blood sample from the patient which is then processed in a benchtop instrument designed by the company to sit in hospitals’ clinical laboratories.
—David Prosser, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2021
Bose, meanwhile, is interested in using such systems as benchtop detectors of gravitational waves, which so far have only been seen with the aid of immense detectors several kilometers in size.
—Quanta Magazine, 18 Aug. 2021
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“Benchtop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/benchtop. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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