definitive identification

collocation in English

meaningsofdefinitiveandidentification

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definitive
adjective
uk
/dɪˈfɪn.ɪ.tɪv/us
/dɪˈfɪn.ə.t̬ɪv/
not able to be changed ...
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identification
noun[U]
uk
/aɪˌden.tɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/aɪˌden.t̬ə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/
the act of recognizing and naming someone ...
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(Definition ofdefinitiveandidentificationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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For those who appear to have a record, recourse will be made to the national identification service, who will, as now, make thedefinitiveidentification.
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To help cope with some individuals whose rather intermediate character states madedefinitiveidentification difficult, we then applied linear discriminant analysis, which enabled discrete characters to be incorporated.
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Adult digeneans and nematodes not identified to species level (tables 1 and 2) probably represent new species, but more material is needed for theirdefinitiveidentification.
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Metazoan parasites were given preliminary identifications, counted in situ and stored fordefinitiveidentification.
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Definitiveidentificationof affected flocks can be achieved only by isolation of the organisms in laboratories.
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For those who appear to have a record, recourse will be made to the national identification service, who will, as now, make thedefinitiveidentification.
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Fordefinitiveidentificationit is imperative to examine the eyes.
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Flowers were needed for adefinitiveidentificationof the species.
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These women officers are considered to be thedefinitiveidentificationof a near-perfect officer.
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The thick peptidoglycan layer in the cell wall that encases their cell membrane retains the stain, makingdefinitiveidentificationpossible.
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In first section,definitiveidentificationof variation is obtained by nucleotide sequence determination of gene fragments.
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Adult worms are rarely seen (except via endoscopy, surgery or autopsy), but if found, would allowdefinitiveidentificationof the species.
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Some twenty individuals have been identified by modern historians; another ten or so who had been reported in older sources as being present, awaitdefinitiveidentification.
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