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 painting; aspecimen of one's art.
Syn. -- Sample; model; pattern. -- 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.
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 painting; aspecimen of one's art.
Syn. -- Sample; model; pattern. -- 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.
