Sample

[Sam·ple]

A sample is a small part of something that either represents a bigger whole or is designed to let you try something out. You might ask to try a sample of an exotic ice cream flavor before committing to buying a whole cone.

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Example; pattern.

Noun
a small part of something intended as representative of the whole

Noun
items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

Noun
all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class

Verb
take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the regional dishes"


n.
Example; pattern.

n.
A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.

v. t.
To make or show something similar to; to match.

v. t.
To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.


Sample

Sam"ple , n. [OE. sample, asaumple, OF. essample, example, fr. L. exemplum. See Example, and cf. Ensample, Sampler.] 1. Example; pattern. [Obs.] Spenser. "A sample to the youngest." Shak.
Thus he concludes, and every hardy knight His sample followed.
2. A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
I design this but for a sample of what I hope more fully to discuss.
Syn. -- Specimen; example. See Specimen.

Sample

Sam"ple, v. t. 1. To make or show something similar to; to match. Bp. Hall. 2. To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloth.

Example; pattern.

To make or show something similar to; to match.

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Usage Examples

While the Environmental Genome Project does not seek to assign allele frequencies, we are aware of the importance of accurate allele frequency estimates for future epidemiologic studies and the large sample sizes such estimates will require.

It is important to consider whether the sample size selected by the Environmental Genome Project will provide sufficient power to discover most alleles relevant to gene-environment interactions.

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Other Usage Examples

It's my first presenting role so I'll be nervous, but it's going to be great fun. I can't wait to sample the food and meet the celebrities. Hopefully I can inject some of my own glamour.

A lot of the music that you listen to now is because of the things that the Meters did, the Neville Brothers did, and they're there, the guys who invented those beats that the guys sample today. Such an enormous opportunity.

I drink too much. The last time I gave a urine sample it had an olive in it.

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