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Meanings of specimen in English

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

        Usage of specimen in English
        1
        He couldn't quite believe that this rank-smelling specimen was his former master.
        The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
        2
        I didn't explain the source of the specimen, and they didn't ask.
        Deadly Décisions
        3
        No cases were admitted to hospital at the time of specimen collection.
        Pubmed
        4
        The last song may be given in the vernacular as a specimen:
        The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India, Volume ...
        5
        The other morning I overheard the nurse talking to this particular specimen.
        The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
        6
        There is no specimen of any of the Hirundines in the Museum.
        Birds of Guernsey (1879) / And the Neighbouring Islands: Alderne...
        7
        Methods: Tumor tissue was taken from the surgical specimen by the histopathologist.
        Pubmed
        8
        The relevant body part is isolated in each case, like a specimen.
        The Irish Times
        9
        A specimen is exhibited in the hall of the South Kensington Museum.
        Concerning Animals and Other Matters
        10
        This is the most unique specimen of mediæval architecture in the North.
        Denmark
        11
        Now my fist is closed and I have the specimen in it.
        The Boy Inventors' Radio Telephone
        12
        Histopathologic examination of the resected specimen provided an assessment of treatment response.
        Pubmed
        13
        It is the first specimen received by a North American zoological park.
        The new yorker
        14
        There is a specimen of this fine animal in the British Museum.
        The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication — Volume...
        15
        They had come to our laboratory with a very rare specimen indeed.
        In the shadow of the cypress
        16
        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