■ noun
1》 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.
2》 a specimen taken for scientific testing or analysis.
3》 a sound created by sampling.
■ verb
1》 take a ~ or ~s of.
2》 get a representative experience of.
3》 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.
Derivatives
sampling noun
Origin
ME (asnoun): from an Anglo-Norman Fr. var. of OFr. es~ 'example'.