Definition of Sample. Meaning of Sample. Synonyms of Sample

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Definition of Sample

Sample
Sample Sam"ple, n. [OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample, example, fr. L. exemplum. See Example, and cf. Ensample, Sampler.] 1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] --Spenser. ``A sample to the youngest.' --Shak. Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed. --Fairfax. 2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples. I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. --Woodward. Syn: Specimen; example. See Specimen.
Sample
Sample Sam"ple, v. t. 1. To make or show something similar to; to match. --Bp. Hall. 2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.

Meaning of Sample from wikipedia

- Look up sample, sampled, or samples in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sample or samples may refer to: Sample (graphics), an intersection of a color channel...
- SAMPLE history is a mnemonic acronym to remember key questions for a person's medical ****essment. The SAMPLE history is sometimes used in conjunction with...
- Look up sampling in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Sampling may refer to: Sampling (signal processing), converting a continuous signal into a discrete...
- In sound and music, sampling is the reuse of a portion (or sample) of a sound recording in another recording. Samples may comprise elements such as rhythm...
- quality ****urance, and survey methodology, sampling is the selection of a subset or a statistical sample (termed sample for short) of individuals from within...
- In signal processing, sampling is the reduction of a continuous-time signal to a discrete-time signal. A common example is the conversion of a sound wave...
- In probability theory, the sample space (also called sample description space, possibility space, or outcome space) of an experiment or random trial is...
- Sample size determination or estimation is the act of choosing the number of observations or replicates to include in a statistical sample. The sample...
- In electronics, a sample and hold (also known as sample and follow) circuit is an analog device that samples (captures, takes) the voltage of a continuously...
- The sample mean (sample average) or empirical mean (empirical average), and the sample covariance or empirical covariance are statistics computed from...