sample
noun
[ ˈsɑːmp(ə)l ]
• a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.
• "investigations involved analysing samples of handwriting"
• a sound or piece of music created by sampling.
• "piano samples"
sample
verb
• take a sample or samples of (something) for analysis.
• "bone marrow cells were sampled"
• ascertain the momentary value of (an analogue signal) many times a second so as to convert the signal to digital form.
• "the input signal must be sampled at twice its highest frequency"
Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French essample ‘example’. Current senses of the verb date from the mid 18th century.
