clean room
noun
ˈklēn-ˌrüm 
-ˌru̇m
: a room for the manufacture or assembly of objects (such as precision parts) that is maintained at a high level of cleanliness by special means
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The microchips are manufactured in a clean room.
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The Roman telescope, currently idling in a clean room at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, cost $4 billion.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 May 2025
In March 2025, after months of testing in Rubin Observatory's clean room, the summit team used a vertical platform lift to move the camera to the telescope floor.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
In a case study from late 2024, Mondelez’s Triscuit brand worked with Pinterest and Albertsons Media Collective through a LiveRamp clean room.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Time-lapse images show the experimental DOLCE frame for an orbiting solar array being unfolded in a clean room.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2023
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 6 May 2025
In March 2025, after months of testing in Rubin Observatory's clean room, the summit team used a vertical platform lift to move the camera to the telescope floor.
—Victoria Corless, Space.com, 17 Mar. 2025
In a case study from late 2024, Mondelez’s Triscuit brand worked with Pinterest and Albertsons Media Collective through a LiveRamp clean room.
—Kiri Masters, Forbes, 20 Mar. 2025
Time-lapse images show the experimental DOLCE frame for an orbiting solar array being unfolded in a clean room.
—IEEE Spectrum, 6 Feb. 2023
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“Clean room.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clean%20room. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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