Sample
/sæːm.pəl/
The meaning and definition of Sample, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.
Definition
noun
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A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
“a blood sample”
- A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
verb
- To take or to test a sample or samples of.
- To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
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