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Definitions for: Sample [n] a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
[n] items selected from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
[n] all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
[adj] serving as typical examples; "a sample question"
[v] take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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.
Synonyms: sample distribution, taste, try, try out, typical
See Also: consume, core, coupon, degust, distribution, example, grab sample, have, illustration, ingest, instance, natural object, proportional sample, random sample, representative, representative sample, specimen, statistical distribution, stratified sample, take, take in, tasting
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