n.
- a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.
▸Statistics a portion of a population, serving as a basis for estimates of the attributes of the whole population.
- a specimen taken for scientific testing or analysis.
- a sound created by sampling.
v.
- take a sample or samples of.
- get a representative experience of.
- Electronics ascertain the momentary value of (an analogue signal) many times a second so as to convert the signal to digital form.
▸record or extract (a piece of music or sound) digitally for reuse as part of a composition or song.
Derivative
Etymology
ME (as n.): from an Anglo-Norman Fr. var. of OFr. essample ‘example’.