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Selectivity

(1) (qualitative): the extent to which other substances interfere with the determination of a substance according to a given procedure, and (2) (quantitative): a term used in conjunction with another substantive (for example, constant, coefficient, index, factor, number) for the quantitative characterization of interferences.

Committee

Interdisciplinary

Date Added to Lexicon

01/15/2025

Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)

ANSI/ASTM E1732-24e1 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science. ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, 2024. Source link

Reprinted, with permission, from ASTM E1732-24e1 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science, copyright ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19428. A copy of the complete standard is available from ASTM International, https://www.astm.org