'Specimen' definitions:
Definition of 'specimen'
(from WordNet)
noun
An example regarded as typical of its class
noun
A bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes; "they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis"
Definition of 'Specimen'
From: GCIDE
- Specimen \Spec"i*men\, n. [L., fr. specere to look, to behold. See Spy.] 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Syn: Sample; model; pattern.
- Usage: Specimen, Sample. A specimen is a representative of the class of things to which it belongs; as, a specimen of photography. A sample is a part of the thing itself, designed to show the quality of the whole; as, a sample of sugar or of broadcloth. A cabinet of minerals consists of specimens; if a part be broken off from any one of these, it is a sample of the mineral to which it belongs. "Several persons have exhibited specimens of this art before multitudes of beholders." --Addison. "I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss." --Woodward. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'specimen'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- case,
- case history,
- case in point,
- cross section,
- embodiment,
- example,
- exemplar,
- exponent,
- illustration,
- instance,
- little bite,
- little smack,
- model,
- pattern,
- piece,
- representation,
- representative,
- sample,
- sampling,
- sort,
- species,
- swatch,
- taste,
- taster,
- type,
- typification,
- variety