What does specimen mean?
Definitions for specimen
ˈspɛs ə mənspec·i·men
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word specimen.
Princeton's WordNet
specimennoun
an example regarded as typical of its class
specimennoun
a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes
"they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis"
GCIDE
Specimennoun
A part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of a person's blood; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art.
Wiktionary
specimennoun
An individual instance that represents a class; an example.
early specimens of the art of Picasso
specimennoun
A sample, especially one used for diagnostic analysis.
specimennoun
An eligible man.
Examples: uE000180587uE001, uE000180588uE001
Etymology: From specimen, from specio.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Specimennoun
A sample; a part of any thing exhibited that the rest may be known.
Etymology: specimen, Latin.
Several persons have exhibited specimens of this art before multitudes of beholders. Joseph Addison, Spectator.
ChatGPT
specimen
A specimen is a particular example or sample of something, such as an individual animal, plant, piece of a mineral, etc., collected for scientific study or display. It can also refer to a small amount of blood or body tissue that is taken and examined in a laboratory for medical purposes.
Webster Dictionary
Specimennoun
a part, or small portion, of anything, or one of a number of things, intended to exhibit the kind and quality of the whole, or of what is not exhibited; a sample; as, a specimen of a man's handwriting; a specimen of painting; aspecimen of one's art
Etymology: [L., fr. specere to look, to behold. See Spy.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Specimen
spes′i-men, n. a portion of anything to show the kind and quality of the whole: a sample, a typical individual: a preparation in natural history, &c., exemplifying anything noticeable in a species or other group. [L. specimen—specĕre, to see.]
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British National Corpus
Nouns Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'specimen' in Nouns Frequency: #1557
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of specimen in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of specimen in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of specimen in a Sentence
Killing babies and harvesting tissue for sale is very different than taking a dead specimen and keeping a record of it, which is exactly the source of the tissue used in our research.
I want to very much clarify that a single dead specimen does not indicate a population, and for that reason, we will be taking some extra precautions and getting traps up in the area, but at this time, there is not enough evidence to support that a population exists in Snohomish County.
For a week on end, I actually went back to the specimen every day just to look at it again, to make sure that I wasn't seeing things.
We’re incredibly grateful to Mark, Aaron and Shae for rescuing this important specimen and ensuring that it was saved for science, now that the specimen has been studied, plans are in motion for it to go on public display, to spark the imagination of the next generation of fossil hunters.
Honestly, it was an exciting moment, i had good experience in field surveying and knew where potential sediments are. I climbed up a little plateau and found this specimen right on the edge of the hill.
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- ukázka, exemplář, vzorekCzech
- eksemplarDanish
- Muster, Spezimen, Exemplar, ProbeGerman
- δείγμαGreek
- espécimen, ejemplarSpanish
- نمونهPersian
- esimerkki, näytepala, näyteFinnish
- exemple, spécimenFrench
- sampallScottish Gaelic
- նմուշ, օրինակArmenian
- esemplare, campioneItalian
- 見本, 標本Japanese
- specimenLatin
- specimenDutch
- przykład, okaz, próbkaPolish
- exemplar, amostra, espécimePortuguese
- exemplar, specimenRomanian
- препарат, проба, образец, экземплярRussian
- exemplarSwedish
- மாதிரி விண்ணப்பTamil
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