sample
/sæːm.pəl/
Dictionary
noun
- A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.
"a blood sample"
- A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.
- A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.
- A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.
- Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.
- Example; pattern.
verb
- To take or to test a sample or samples of.
- To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.
- To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.
- To make or show something similar to a sample.
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