Title: examination method
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - examination method
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.09989
Status: current

Definition
Generic description of a logical organization of operations used in an examination.

Note
The laconic description in an examination method is insufficient to allow an examination with prescribed examination uncertainty, but aids in formulating one or more examination procedures.

Examples
1) Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP).
2) Infra-red spectrometry.

Related Terms
- examination: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/09984
- examination procedures: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/09990
- examination uncertainty: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/10004

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 method' 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.09989
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