Betekenis van specimen In het Nederlands

• 0 something shown or examined as an example; a typical example:

  • He has a collection of rare insect specimens.

  • Museums will pay large amounts of money for good dinosaur fossil specimens.

  • Astronauts brought back specimens of moon rock.

  • They took blood and urine specimens for analysis.

• 1 used to refer to something that is an example of a particular thing :

  • The signature on the letter must be compared with the specimen signature held by the company.

  • Specimen papers of the new examinations were released to schools.

  • Various bits of bone were laid out in specimen jars.

  • The urine is collected in a specimen cup.

  • A specimen tree on the lawn beside the Manor House is 130 years old.

  • This lilac thrives in full sun and can be used as a background plant for smaller plants, or as a specimen plant.

  • Any type of rose can be used as a specimen shrub.

• 2 something shown or examined as an example; a typical example:

  • He has a collection of rare insect specimens.

• 3 something that is used or can be examined as a typical example:

  • You'll find specimens of most of the kind of letters you will need to write at every stage of the job application process.

  • The urine specimens were used for drug testing.