sample : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sample	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for sample
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sample n a small part of something intended as representative of the whole items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population Synonym(s): sample distribution, sample, sampling 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" Synonym(s): sample, try, try out, taste
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sample \Sam"ple\, v. t. 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sample \Sam"ple\, n. [OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample, example, fr. L. exemplum. See {Example}, and cf. {Ensample}, {Sampler}.] 1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] --Spenser. [bd]A sample to the youngest.[b8] --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 Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [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)