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Old 10-11-2007, 04:08 PM
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The professor with whom I work in the microscopy lab has referred to the spinny-quasi-airlocks* separating the microscope room from the hallway as "transporters".


*They're like revolving doors, except instead of having revolving glass panes radiating out from a central post, there's a revolving black plastic panel that encloses about 4/5 of the "airlock" space. Result being you can't see inside the room when you're in the hallway and vice versa, just like with a transporter.
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