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