What does Sample mean?

Definitions for Sample
ˈsæm pəl, ˈsɑm-sam·ple

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. samplenoun

    a small part of something intended as representative of the whole

  2. sample distribution, sample, samplingnoun

    items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

  3. sampleverb

    all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class

  4. sample, try, try out, tasteverb

    take a sample of

    "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"

Wiktionary

  1. samplenoun

    A part of anything taken or 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.

  2. samplenoun

    A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.

    "...it is possible it [the Anglo-Saxon race] might stand second to the Scandinavian countries [in average height] if a fair sample of their population were obtained." Francis Galton et al. (1883). Final Report of the Anthropometric Committee, Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, p. 269.

  3. samplenoun

    Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording, used to emphasize a particular point by implying a certain context.

  4. samplenoun

    Example; pattern.

    "Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed." -Fairfax.

  5. sampleverb

    To make or show something similar to; to match.

  6. sampleverb

    To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wool, cloth.

  7. sampleverb

    To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.

  8. sampleverb

    To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new song.

  9. Etymology: sample, asaumple, essample, example, from exemplum.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Samplenoun

    A specimen; a part of the whole shown that judgment may be made of the whole.

    Etymology: from example.

    He intreated them to tarry but two days, and he himself would bring them a sample of the oar. Walter Raleigh.

    I have not engaged myself to any: I am not loaded with a full cargo: ’tis sufficient if I bring a sample of some goods in this voyage. Dryden.

    I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. John Woodward, Natural History.

    Determinations of justice were very summary and decisive, and generally put an end to the vexations of a law-suit by the ruin both of plaintiff and defendant: travellers have recorded some samples of this kind. Addison.

    From most bodies
    Some little bits ask leave to flow;
    And, as through these canals they roll,
    Bring up a sample of the whole. Matthew Prior.

  2. To Sampleverb

    To show something similar. Robert Ainsworth

ChatGPT

  1. sample

    A sample is a subset or a specific group taken from a larger population or quantity for the purpose of investigation, analysis, or measurement. It is representative of the whole and is used in statistical analysis, scientific testing, market research, quality control, and various fields of study.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Samplenoun

    example; pattern

  2. Samplenoun

    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

  3. Sampleverb

    to make or show something similar to; to match

  4. Sampleverb

    to take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths

Wikidata

  1. Sample

    In statistics and quantitative research methodology, a data sample is a set of data collected and/or selected from a population by a defined procedure.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sample

    sam′pl, n. a specimen: a part to show the quality of the whole: an example.—v.t. to make up samples of: to place side by side with: to match: to test by examination.—ns. Sam′pler, one who makes up samples (in compounds, as wool-sampler); Sam′ple-room, a room where samples are shown: (slang) a grog-shop; Sam′ple-scale, an accurately balanced lever-scale for weighing ten-thousandths of a pound. [Short for esample, from O. Fr. essample—L. exemplum, example.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SAMPLE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Sample is ranked #3150 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Sample surname appeared 11,471 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 4 would have the surname Sample.

    68.4% or 7,850 total occurrences were White.
    25.2% or 2,896 total occurrences were Black.
    2.7% or 315 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.4% or 280 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.6% or 76 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.4% or 53 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Sample' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2336

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Sample' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3265

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Sample' in Nouns Frequency: #657

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sample in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Sample in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Sample in a Sentence

  1. Claudio Semini:

    For us, it was natural to start to design also an arm, and then the plan is to build two arms and have them both on the robot to create a 'centaur' style of robot. And with the two arms the robot can be deployed to the real area where it needs to do any maintenance work or turn a valve in a rescue scenario or pick up a sample in a contaminated area or just clean up radioactive materials; there's a lot of potential future applications where manipulation is really important.

  2. Ken Farley:

    Not every sample Perseverance is collecting will be done in the quest for ancient life, and we don't expect this first sample to provide definitive proof one way or the other, while the rocks located in this geologic unit are not great time capsules for organics, we believe they have been around since the formation of Jezero Crater and incredibly valuable to fill gaps in our geologic understanding of this region -- things we'll desperately need to know if we find life once existed on Mars.

  3. Raquel Corniuk:

    We only really need a small sample here to really understand how it’s constructed.

  4. Kelly Toups:

    Mediterranean cuisine has been a popular trend for a while now, it's pretty easy to sample different Mediterranean grains and foods because these types of ingredients have become so popular in mainstream restaurants.

  5. Donna Lisenby:

    The Cape Fear sample also had higher levels of chromium, lead, manganese and selenium.

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