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sub⋅sam⋅ple

  [n. suhb-sam-puhl; v. suhb-sam-puhl] noun, verb, -pled, -pling.
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–noun
1. a specimen from or a small part of a sample.
–verb (used with object)
2. to take a subsample of.
Origin:
1895–1900; sub- + sample
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sub·sam·ple   (sŭb'sām'pəl)   
n.  A sample drawn from a larger sample.
tr.v.   (sŭb-sām'pəl) sub·sam·pled, sub·sam·pling, sub·sam·ples
To take a subsample from (a larger sample).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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