Title: examination principle
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - examination principle
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09988
Status: current

Definition
Phenomenon serving as a basis of an examination.

Note
The phenomenon can be of a physical, chemical, or biological nature.

Examples
1) Selective amplification of a DNA sequence to compare for equivalence with a target sequence.
2) Comparison of spectral properties of a component with properties of known substances.

Related Term
- examination: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/09984

Source
- PAC, 2018, 90, 913. 'Vocabulary on nominal property, examination, and related concepts for clinical laboratory sciences (IFCC-IUPAC Recommendations 2017)' on page 919 (https://doi.org/10.1515/pac-2011-0613)

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Citation: Citation: 'examination principle' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.09988
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