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ˈsæm plɪŋ, ˈsɑm-sam·pling

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. samplingnoun

    (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study

  2. sample distribution, sample, samplingnoun

    items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

  3. samplingnoun

    measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)

Wiktionary

  1. samplingnoun

    the process or technique of obtaining a representative sample

  2. samplingnoun

    a sample

  3. samplingnoun

    the analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random

  4. samplingnoun

    the measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form

  5. samplingnoun

    a technique for electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition

ChatGPT

  1. sampling

    Sampling is a statistical process or method that involves selecting a subset of individuals or observations from a larger population or dataset. This subset, known as a sample, is used to analyze, make inferences or draw conclusions about the overall population. The aim is to gain insights about the population in a manageable, cost-effective and efficient manner. Sampling techniques are commonly used in research, survey and data analysis fields.

Wikidata

  1. Sampling

    In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a sound recording in a different song or piece. Originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically manipulated tape loops or vinyl records on a phonograph by the late 1960s, the use of tape loop sampling influenced the development of minimalist music and the production of psychedelic rock and jazz fusion. However, hip hop music was the first popular music genre based around the art of sampling - being born from 1970s DJs who experimented with manipulating vinyl on two turntables. The use of sampling in popular music spread with the rise of electronic music and disco in the mid-1970s to early 1980s, the development of electronic dance music and industrial music in the 1980s, and the worldwide influence of hip hop since the 1980s on genres ranging from contemporary R&B to indie rock. Sampling is now most often done with a sampler, originally a piece of hardware, but today, more commonly a computer program. However, vinyl emulation software may also be used, and turntablists continue to sample using traditional methods. The inclusion of sampling tools in modern digital production methods increasingly introduced sampling into many genres of popular music, as well as genres predating the invention of sampling, such as classical music, jazz and various forms of traditional music.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sampling in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sampling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of sampling in a Sentence

  1. Jason Jacobs:

    The safety of infants and children is Beech-Nut's top priority. We are issuing this voluntary recall, because we learned through routine sampling by the State of Alaska that a limited quantity of Beech-Nut Single Grain Rice Cereal products had levels of naturally-occurring inorganic arsenic above the FDA guidance level, even though the rice flour used to produce these products tested below the FDA guidance level for inorganic arsenic.

  2. Elias Rodriguez:

    It's an ongoing investigation; we're still on the island doing our assessment, we have been doing different types of air sampling and wipe sampling.

  3. Kathryn Mattingly:

    After review of our daily news aggregation emails, we have determined that the sampling was over inclusive and contained non-news sources. Executive Office for Immigration Review will no longer be distributing a daily news briefing to Executive Office for Immigration Review staff.

  4. Neil Gemmell:

    Eels are very plentiful in the loch system - every single sampling site that we went to pretty much had eels and the sheer volume of it was a bit of a surprise, we can't exclude the possibility that there's a giant eel in Loch Ness but we don't know whether these samples we've collected are from a giant beast or just an ordinary one - so there's still this element of 'we just don't know.'.

  5. Lauren Kotwicki:

    The Blue Bell case demonstrates that we have better communication between federal, state and local partners when contamination does occur. In this case, South Carolina discovered the contamination through random sampling, and the genetic fingerprint was able to be matched to cases in Kansas. This enabled the FDA and states to investigate the production facilities and document contamination at the source.

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