All 27 Uses of
specimen
in
Angels & Demons
- In those canisters are specimens of the matter he created.†
Chpt 19-20
- Vittoria, surely you can't be saying those canisters contain actual specimens?†
Chpt 19-20
- Director, you are looking at the world's first specimens of antimatter.†
Chpt 19-20
- "The specimen is not touching the canister," Vittoria said, apparently expecting the question.†
Chpt 21-22
- The specimen remains suspended even if I remove the canister.†
Chpt 21-22
- A relatively minuscule specimen.†
Chpt 21-22
- All the antimatter specimens were accounted for.†
Chpt 23-24
- There are other specimens?†
Chpt 23-24
- "We need to check those specimens," Kohler said.†
Chpt 23-24
- "Specimen," Vittoria corrected.†
Chpt 23-24
- You created a specimen larger than five hundred nanograms?†
Chpt 23-24
- Firing up sixteen miles of electromagnets to create a tiny specimen of antimatter expended more energy than the resulting antimatter contained.†
Chpt 23-24
- In order to prove antimatter efficient and viable, one had to create specimens of a larger magnitude.†
Chpt 23-24
- Although Vittoria's father had been hesitant to create a large specimen, Vittoria had pushed him hard.†
Chpt 23-24
- And second, that the specimens could be safely stored.†
Chpt 23-24
- The specimen would be their secret.†
Chpt 23-24
- How large a specimen did you and your father create?†
Chpt 23-24
- The specimen that was supposed to prove antimatter was a safe and viable energy source had been stolen.†
Chpt 25-26
- But nobody knew this specimen even existed!†
Chpt 25-26
- Vittoria knew it had been she who convinced her father to create the specimen.†
Chpt 25-26
- Whoever killed Leonardo wanted one thing--the antimatter specimen.
Chpt 25-26 *specimen = sample
- "Not the specimen," Langdon countered.†
Chpt 25-26
- Maybe someone stole the specimen to do analysis and R and D. Industrial espionage?†
Chpt 25-26
- Perhaps you and your father should have considered that before you created the specimen.†
Chpt 25-26
- You crossed a line when you made that specimen, and you have put this entire facility at risk.†
Chpt 27-28
- I am the one who convinced my father to create that specimen.†
Chpt 27-28
- He also showed you a large specimen he kept locked away as proof that his new process could produce antimatter on a large scale.†
Chpt 129-130
Definition:
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(specimen) an example thought to represent its type; or a bit of tissue, blood, or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes