Definition of Sampling

1. Noun. (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study.

Generic synonyms: Choice, Option, Pick, Selection
Specialized synonyms: Random Sampling, Proportional Sampling, Representative Sampling, Stratified Sampling
Category relationships: Statistics

2. Noun. Items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population.

3. Noun. Measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form).
Generic synonyms: Measure, Measurement, Measuring, Mensuration
Category relationships: Telecom, Telecommunication

Definition of Sampling

1. Verb. (present participle of sample) ¹

2. Noun. the process or technique of obtaining a representative sample ¹

3. Noun. a sample ¹

4. Noun. (statistics) the analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random ¹

5. Noun. (signal processing) the measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form ¹

6. Noun. (music) a technique for electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sampling

1. a small part selected for analysis [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sampling

1. The policy of inferring the behaviour of a whole batch by studying a fraction of it. Origin: MF essample, from L. Exemplum, taking out (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sampling

sample function
sample functions
sample market
sample markets
sample mean
sample size
sample space
sample spaces
sampled
sampleite
sampler
samplers
samplery
samples
sampling (current term)
sampling error
sampling frequency
sampling rate
sampling station
sampling straw
sampling straws
sampling studies
samplings
samplist
samplists
sampradaya
sampradayas
samps
sams

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