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sampling

  1. present participle and gerund of sample

sampling (countable and uncountable, plural samplings)

  1. The process or technique of obtaining a representative sample.
  2. (countable) A sample.
  3. (statistics) The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.
  4. (signal processing) The measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form.
  5. (music) The electronic splicing of pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition, especially as part of hip-hop or electronic dance music.

process or technique of obtaining a representative sample

analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random

technique for electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition

  • 2001. The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music: North America. Garland Publishing. Ellen Koskoff (Ed.). Pgs. 694-695.

Internationalism, unadapted borrowing from English sampling.

sampling (plural sampling-sampling)

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

Unadapted borrowing from English sampling.

sampling m inan

  1. (music) sampling (technique for electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition)
  • sampling in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sampling in Polish dictionaries at PWN