Specimen may refer to:

Science and technology

Sample (material) In general, a sample is a limited quantity of something which is intended to be similar to and represent a larger amount of that thing(s). The things could be countable objects such as individual items available as units for sale, or an uncou ...

, a limited quantity of something which is intended to be similar to and represent a larger amount *

Biological specimen A biological specimen (also called a biospecimen) is a biological laboratory specimen held by a biorepository for research. Such a specimen would be taken by sampling so as to be representative of any other specimen taken from the source of t ...

or biospecimen, an organic specimen held by a biorepository for research **

Laboratory specimen Need In medicine, a laboratory specimen is a biological specimen of a medical patient's tissue, fluids, or other material used for laboratory analysis to assist in differential diagnosis or staging of a disease process. For example, to detect bre ...

, a biological specimen taken by sampling **

Zoological specimen A zoological specimen is an animal or part of an animal preserved for scientific use. Various uses are: to verify the identity of a (species), to allow study, increase public knowledge of zoology. Zoological specimens are extremely diverse. Exampl ...

, an animal or part of an animal preserved for scientific use **

Herbarium A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ...

, a collection of preserved plant specimens for scientific study *

Type specimen (mineralogy) In mineralogy, the type specimen, also known as type material, is a reference sample by which a mineral is defined.Dunn, p. 1269. Similar to the biology type methods, a mineral type specimen is a sample (or in some cases a group of samples) of a ...

, a reference sample by which a mineral is defined

Printing

Specimen banknote A specimen banknote is printed generally in very limited quantities for distribution to central banks to aid in the recognition of banknotes from a country other than their own. In some cases, specimen banknotes are printed in less limited quant ...

, to aid in the recognition of banknotes *

Specimen stamp A specimen stamp is a postage stamp or postal stationery indicium sent to postmasters and postal administrations so that they are able to identify valid stamps and to avoid forgeries. The usual method of invalidating the stamps is either overp ...

, used to identify valid stamps

Other uses

Specimen (band) Specimen are a British band founded in the 1980s. Their music has been described as spanning many different genres of music, including Glam rock, glam, Gothic rock, goth, Punk rock, punk and post-punk, and the band is widely credited as one of t ...

, a 1980s British band *

Specimen Products Specimen Products is a Chicago-based manufacturer of custom guitars, tube amplifiers, and audio horn speakers led by luthier Ian Schneller. Specimen Products also offers courses in guitar and tube amplifier design, construction, and repair throug ...

, a Chicago-based audio equipment manufacturer *

Specimen Ridge Specimen Ridge, el. is an approximately ridge along the south rim of the Lamar Valley in Yellowstone National Park. The ridge separates the Lamar Valley from Mirror Plateau. The ridge is oriented northwest to southeast from the Tower Junctio ...

, a ridge in Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, US *

Specimen (film) ''Specimen'' is a 1996 Canadian science-fiction thriller television film directed by John Bradshaw, based on a story by Bradshaw and producer Damian Lee. It stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar as a young man with superpowers, whose enigmatic past catche ...

, a 1996 film starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar {{disambiguation