Sample

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sample \Sam"ple\, n. [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.
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              Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight
              His sample followed.                  --Fairfax.
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     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.
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              I design this but for a sample of what I hope more
              fully to discuss.                     --Woodward.
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     Syn: Specimen; example. See {Specimen}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sample \Sam"ple\, v. t.
     1. To make or show something similar to; to match. --Bp.
        Hall.
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     2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample
        sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sample
       n 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
       v : 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)
       
       

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SAMPLE, contracts. A small quantity of any commodity or merchandise, 
  exhibited as a specimen of a larger quantity called the bulk. (q.v.) 
       2. When a sale is made by sample, and it afterwards turns out that the 
  bulk does not correspond with it, the purchaser is not, in general, bound to 
  take the property on a compensation being made to him for the difference. 1 
  Campb. R. 113; vide 2 East, 314; 4, Campb. R. 22; 12 Wend. 566 9 Wend. 20; 6 
  Cowen, 354; 12 Wend. 413. See 5 John. R. 395.