The phrase "a small specimen of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a sample or example of something that is small in size or quantity.
Example: "In the laboratory, we analyzed a small specimen of the mineral to determine its composition."
Alternatives: "a tiny sample of" or "a little example of".
As he reports in Science, he found an array of tiny bones, apparently belonging to a small specimen of the same species, in the fossil's abdominal cavity (see above; the extra bones are highlighted).
The work's current iteration, a scaled-down "remix" of the original, consists of four flat-screen monitors facing an array of speakers, which are wired to a pulsating, blue-and-red L.E.D. array on a planter containing a small specimen of Psychotria viridis, one of the two principal plants used in the preparation of ayahuasca.
He had a small specimen of the battery, and it even powered a vehicle – a skateboard.
Free FOBT test kits were mailed to the target population, who had to administer it at home by applying a small specimen of faeces on the test kit and forward it to the analysis centre, where the investigation of occult blood in the faeces was conducted.
Shear banding is shown to be more stable at this length scale than in macro-scale testing because of a smaller specimen to load frame stiffness ratio.
The measurement of a small specimen, such as a magnetic inclusion in a single crystal (e.g., Sato et al. 2015; Tarduno et al. 2015), can be improved by using a SQUID microscope for measuring the magnetic moment.
By realizing that frozen section specimens can be expected to show some slight degree of shrinkage, the Mohs surgeon can appreciate situations that might allow greater confidence that a smaller specimen is nonetheless representative of the entire lateral and deep surgical margins.
A number of small specimens representing an element of an aircraft fuselage joint were subjected to fatigue, monitored during loading and inspected after loading, to determine the ability of various NDT techniques to detect fretting damage.
Isis also sports a pair of robotic arms, a suction pump for collecting small specimens, a set of tubes up to 50 centimeters long for gouging sediment cores, and a variety of nets and other gadgets for taking samples.
A small amount of specimen drift or microscope defocus could easily make this signal less visible.
CBA has enabled us to screen cytokine markers for LAHS and rapidly obtain the result of multiple cytokine concentrations in a small amount of specimen.
