samples

[sam-puhl, sahm-]

sam·ple

[sam-puhl, sahm-] noun, adjective, verb, sam·pled, sam·pling.
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.

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Samples is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
verb (used with object)
5.
to take a sample or samples of; test or judge by a sample.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Old French essample. See example

in·ter·sam·ple, noun, adjective, verb (used with object), in·ter·sam·pled, in·ter·sam·pling.
mis·sam·ple, verb, mis·sam·pled, mis·sam·pling.
re·sam·ple, verb (used with object), re·sam·pled, re·sam·pling.


1. See example.

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