sample

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

sam·ple (sămʹpəl)n.
1.
a. A portion, piece, or segment that is representative of a whole.
b. An entity that is representative of a class; a specimen. See Synonyms at example.
2. Statistics. A set of elements drawn from and analyzed to estimate the characteristics of a population. Also called sampling.
3. A usually digitized audio segment taken from an original recording and inserted, often repetitively, in a new recording.tr.v. sam·pled, sam·pling, sam·ples
1. To take a sample of, especially to test or examine by a sample:
the restaurant critic who must sample a little of everything.
2. To use or incorporate (an audio segment of an original recording) in a new recording:
a song that samples the bass line of a 1970s disco tune.adj.
Serving as a representative or example:
sample test questions; a sample piece of fabric. [Partly Middle English (from Anglo-Norman), and partly short for Middle English ensample(from Anglo-Norman) both from Latin exemplum. See example.]

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  sample distribution, sampling, try, try out, taste