[sam-puh
l, sahm-] 
noun, adjective, verb,-pled, -pling. | sample (ˈsɑːmpəl) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. a small part of anything, intended as representative of the whole; specimen |
| b. (as modifier): a sample bottle | |
| 2. | statistics Also called: sampling |
| a. See also matched sample a set of individuals or items selected from a population for analysis to yield estimates of, or to test hypotheses about, parameters of the whole population. A biased sample is one in which the items selected share some property which influences their distribution, while a random sample is devised to avoid any such interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population | |
| b. (as modifier): sample distribution | |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to take a sample or samples of |
| 4. | music |
| a. to take a short extract from (one record) and mix it into a different backing track | |
| b. to record (a sound) and feed it into a computerized synthesizer so that it can be reproduced at any pitch | |
| [C13: from Old French essample, from Latin exemplum | |
In statistics, a group drawn from a larger population and used to estimate the characteristics of the whole population.
Note: Opinion polls use small groups of people, often selected at random, as a sample of the opinions of the general public.
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