Sentence examples for examine a specimen from inspiring English sources

A researcher using a microscope to examine a specimen in the laboratory.

Unlike the conventional scanning electron microscope, the ESEM obviates the need for special specimen preparation (for example, covering the specimen with gold to render it electrically conducting is unnecessary) and can examine a specimen at various temperatures and in a gaseous atmosphere, thus obviating the need for a hard vacuum.

In a museum in Haarlem, he examined a specimen that consisted of a large semicircular skull attached to part of a spinal column.

A defense lawyer, Andrew Good, said Judge Zobel barred the defense from performing an autopsy and examining a specimen of the skull fracture, evidence that Mr. Good said would have determined the age of the fatal injury and proved that it occurred before Ms. Woodward shook the boy.

"This one the kid could push and hit the roof with it and it would still be O.K.," he said, speaking like a proud farmer as he examined a specimen.

However, I have examined a specimen of fibula transplanted eighteen months previously in precisely the same way to replace the upper end of the humerus excised for osteogenic sarcoma.

First, examine a hand specimen of the Rhynie Chert (VG 1 12).

One was captured by villagers in central Laos in 2010, but died before scientists had a chance to examine a breathing specimen.

Furthermore, in routine laboratories it is often not feasible to devote adequate time to examine a single specimen.

Yet no scientist has ever examined a live specimen — or seen one swimming in the sea.

"To the uninitiated eye, that's a vertebra," Steven Isenberg, the university's president, guessed correctly as he examined a lumpy specimen on an impromptu stop at the lab.