Specimen Synonyms

spĕsə-mən
An individual, item, or part representative of a class or whole.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. example
  2. individual
  3. exemplar
  4. part
  5. unit
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Words Related to Specimen

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. substitute
  2. diatom
  3. phytoliths
  4. radiolaria
  5. assemblage
  6. desmid
  7. foraminifera
  8. organic remains
  9. sea-urchin
  10. coccolith

Specimen Sentence Examples

  • It was the basis of the earliest specimen of Provençal literature.

  • The aye-aye was discovered by Pierre Sonnerat in 1780, the specimen brought to Paris by that traveller being the only one known until 1860.

  • The wood is variable in quality and, though hard in texture, is less durable than the best oak of British growth; the heart-wood is of a light reddish brown varying to an olive tint; a Canadian specimen weighs 524 lb the cubic foot.

  • Pulling gloves and a bag from his pocket, he proceeded to collect the grisly specimen.

  • When the magnetizing current is twice reversed, so as to complete a cycle, the sum of the two deflections, multiplied by a factor depending upon the sectional area of the specimen and upon the constants of the apparatus, gives the hysteresis for a complete cycle in ergs per cubic centimetre.

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