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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sample \Sam"ple\, noun [OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample, example, fr. L. exemplum. See {Example}, and cf. {Ensample}, {Sampler}.]
1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] --Spenser. ''A sample to the youngest.'' --Shak.
Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed. --Fairfax.
2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss. --Woodward.
Syn: Specimen; example. See {Specimen}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Sample \Sam"ple\, verb (used with an object)
1. To make or show something similar to; to match. --Bp. Hall.
2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sample
noun
1: a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
2: items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population [syn: {sample distribution}, {sampling}]
3: all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class
verb: take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes" [syn: {try}, {try out}, {taste}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
117 Moby Thesaurus words for "sample": adjunct, assay, barometer, bite, bring to test, canvass, case, case history, characteristic, component, conduct a poll, confirm, constituent, contingent, cross section, cut and try, detachment, detail, distinctive, distinguishing, division, dole, element, essay, example, exemplary, experience, experiment, feeler, fraction, fragment, give a try, give a tryout, have a go, illustration, illustrative, indication, individual, installment, item, little bite, little smack, make a survey, natural, naturalistic, nibble, normal, parcel, part, particular, percentage, piece, pilot balloon, play around with, poll, portion, practice upon, probe, prove, put to trial, quadrant, quarter, questionnaire, quintessential, quota, random sample, realistic, regular, remainder, representation, representational, representative, research, road-test, run a sample, sampler, sampling, savor, section, sector, segment, shake down, share, sign, sip, smack, sound, sounder, specimen, straw vote, subdivision, subgroup, subspecies, substantiate, sup, survey, swatch, taste, taste of, taster, test, trial, trial balloon, true to form, true to type, try, try it on, try out, typal, typic, typical, unit, usual, validate, verify, weather vane, weathercock
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
sample The result of measuring the amplitude of an analog signal at a specified time. In {digital signal processing} a sample is a signed or unsigned number and the number of samples per second is called the {sample rate}. (2001-06-06)
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