noun
1. (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study (Freq. 4)
• Topics: ↑statistics
• Hyponyms: ↑random sampling, ↑stratified sampling, ↑representative sampling, ↑proportional sampling
2. items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population
• Syn: ↑sample distribution, ↑sample
• Topics: ↑statistics
• Hypernyms: ↑distribution, ↑statistical distribution
• Hyponyms: ↑acceptance sampling, ↑random sample, ↑stratified sample, ↑representative sample, ↑proportional sample
3. measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form)
• Topics: ↑telecommunication, ↑telecom
• Hypernyms: ↑measurement, ↑measuring, ↑measure, ↑mensuration
Useful english dictionary. 2012.