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sam⋅ple

  [sam-puhl, sahm-] noun, adjective, verb, -pled, -pling.
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–noun
1. a small part of anything or one of a number, intended to show the quality, style, or nature of the whole; specimen.
2. Statistics. a subset of a population: to study a sample of the total population.
3. a sound of short duration, as a musical tone or a drumbeat, digitally stored in a synthesizer for playback.
–adjective
4. serving as a specimen: a sample piece of cloth.
–verb (used with object)
5. to take a sample or samples of; test or judge by a sample.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME < OF essample. See example

Synonyms:
1. See example.
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sam·ple   (sām'pəl)   
n.  
    1. A portion, piece, or segment that is representative of a whole.
    2. An entity that is representative of a class; a specimen. See Synonyms at example.
  2. Statistics A set of elements drawn from and analyzed to estimate the characteristics of a population. Also called sampling.
  3. A usually digitized audio segment taken from an original recording and inserted, often repetitively, in a new recording.
tr.v.   sam·pled, sam·pling, sam·ples
  1. To take a sample of, especially to test or examine by a sample: the restaurant critic who must sample a little of everything.
  2. To use or incorporate (an audio segment of an original recording) in a new recording: a song that samples the bass line of a 1970s disco tune.
adj.  Serving as a representative or example: sample test questions; a sample piece of fabric.

[Partly Middle English (from Anglo-Norman) and partly short for Middle English ensample (from Anglo-Norman), both from Latin exemplum; see example.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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