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Meanings of specimen in anglès

A small quantity of a product, typically provided to test that product before obtaining a greater quantity of it.

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Examples for "sample"
Examples for "sample"
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Specimen sample results from all three cases are expected in coming days.
Radio NZ
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Conclusion: Adhesion molecule levels are stable under normal laboratory sample handling conditions.
Pubmed
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Limitations: Small sample size; second inspection was performed by the same endoscopist.
Pubmed
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But it's a temperamental standard that requires a precisely prepared water sample.
Wired
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The sample sent to South Korea was subsequently destroyed, the Pentagon said.
Reuters
Usage of specimen in anglès
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He couldn't quite believe that this rank-smelling specimen was his former master.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
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I didn't explain the source of the specimen, and they didn't ask.
Deadly Décisions
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No cases were admitted to hospital at the time of specimen collection.
Pubmed
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The last song may be given in the vernacular as a specimen:
The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume ...
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The other morning I overheard the nurse talking to this particular specimen.
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
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There is no specimen of any of the Hirundines in the Museum.
Birds of Guernsey (1879) / And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderne...
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Methods: Tumor tissue was taken from the surgical specimen by the histopathologist.
Pubmed
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The relevant body part is isolated in each case, like a specimen.
The Irish Times
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A specimen is exhibited in the hall of the South Kensington Museum.
Concerning Animals and Other Matters
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This is the most unique specimen of mediæval architecture in the North.
Denmark
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Now my fist is closed and I have the specimen in it.
The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
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Histopathologic examination of the resected specimen provided an assessment of treatment response.
Pubmed
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It is the first specimen received by a North American zoological park.
The new yorker
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There is a specimen of this fine animal in the British Museum.
The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
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They had come to our laboratory with a very rare specimen indeed.
In the shadow of the cypress
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Illustration: The nursery or single-specimen type of planting in a front yard
Manual of Gardening (Second Edition) / A Practical Guide to the ...
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common