sample
A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
Example
“a blood sample”
Other meanings
A subset or portion of a population that is systematically selected for measurement, observation, or questioning, with the objective of generating statistical information that accurately reflects the characteristics of the entire population.
“Large samples are generally more reliable than small samples due to having less variability.”
A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
Related words
- blood sample
- grab sample
- core sample
- engineering sample
- random sample
- sample function
- sample line
- sample market
- sample mean
- sample path
- sample point
- sample room
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "exemplum".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “sample” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.