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Exclusionary Difference

a difference in one or more characteristics between compared items that is sufficient to determine that the compared items did not originate from the same source, are not the same source, or do not share the same composition or classification.

Also referenced in ANSI/ASTM E2228-23a Standard Guide for Microscopical Examination of Textile Fibers, ANSI/ASTM E2227-23e1 Standard Guide for Forensic Examination of Dyes in Textile Fibers by Thin-Layer Chromatography, ANSI/ASTM E2225-23 Standard Guide for Forensic Examination of Fabrics and Cordage, ANSI/ASTM E3295-23 Standard Guide for Using Micro X-Ray Fluorescence (μ-XRF) in Forensic Polymer Examinations, ANSI/ASTM E3316-22 Standard Guide for Forensic Examination of Hair by Microscopy, ANSI/ASTM E3296-22 Standard Guide for Using Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography and Pyrolysis Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry in Forensic Polymer Examinations, ANSI/ASTM E3260-21 Standard Guide for Forensic Examination and Comparison of Pressure Sensitive Tape, ANSI/ASTM E1732-24e1 Standard Terminology Relating to Forensic Science.

OSAC Preferred
Committee
FSSB
Trace Materials
Interdisciplinary
Date Added to Lexicon
Committee Source
FSSB
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