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Sample - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Sample : (noun)
1: a small part of something intended as representative of the
whole
2: items selected at random from a population and used to test
hypotheses about the population [syn: sample distribution,
sampling]
3: all or part of a natural object that is collected and
preserved as an example of its class
(verb)
1: take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the
regional dishes" [syn: try, try out, taste]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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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.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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SAMPLE, contracts. A small quantity of any commodity or merchandise,
exhibited as a specimen of a larger quantity called the bulk. (q.v.)
2. When a sale is made by sample, and it afterwards turns out that the
bulk does not correspond with it, the purchaser is not, in general, bound to
take the property on a compensation being made to him for the difference. 1
Campb. R. 113; vide 2 East, 314; 4, Campb. R. 22; 12 Wend. 566 9 Wend. 20; 6
Cowen, 354; 12 Wend. 413. See 5 John. R. 395.
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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Sample :
The result of measuring the
amplitude of an analog signal at a specified time. In
digital signal processing a sample is a signed or unsigned
number and the number of samples per second is called the
sample rate.
(2001-06-06)
Based on Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [Bouvier_Law_Dictionary]:
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