sampling

  1. Verb.  (present participle of, sample) .
  2. Noun.  the process or technique of obtaining a representative sample.
  3. Noun.  a sample.
  4. Noun.  (statistics) the analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.
  5. Noun.  (signal processing) the measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form.
  6. Noun.  (music) a technique for electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition.

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