Word Finder - sample

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A part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen.

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a blood sample

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A subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population.

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A small quantity of food for tasting, typically given away for free.

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A small piece of some goods, for determining quality, colour, etc., typically given away for free.

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Gratuitous borrowing of easily recognised phases (or moments) from other music (or movies) in a recording.

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Example; pattern.

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To take or to test a sample or samples of.

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To reduce a continuous signal (such as a sound wave) to a discrete signal.

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To reuse a portion of (an existing sound recording) in a new piece of music.

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To make or show something similar to a sample.

They probably got my blood sample mixed up.

Tests of a sample supplied by Messrs.

The magnetic quality of a sample of iron depends very largely upon the purity and physical condition of the metal.

A sample is taken from each bale and the " points on or off " are fixed for each bale separately.

In all areometer work it is necessary to ascertain the temperature of the water sample under examination with great exactness, as the volume of the areometer as well as the specific gravity of the water varies with temperature.

The specific gravity of any sample of spirits thus determined, when multiplied by ten, gives the weight in pounds per imperial gallon, and the weight of any bulk of spirits divided by this number gives its volume at once in imperial gallons.

Thus the magnetization which the sample of Swedish iron received in a field of 1490 was not increased (beyond the limits of experimental error) when the intensity of the field was multiplied more than thirteen-fold, though the induction was nearly doubled.

The sample, arranged as a bundle of rectangular strips, is caused to rotate about a central horizontal axis between the poles of an upright C-shaped magnet, which is supported near 'its middle upon knife-edges in such a manner that it can oscillate about an axis in a line with that about which the specimen rotates; the lower side of the magnet is weighted, to give it some stability.

Maury, however, recognized that in great depths on the " Washington " and by the Austrians on the " Pola " the surest guarantee of bottom having been reached was to bring in 1890-1893, the latter carrying the investigations to the Red up a sample of the deposit.

In Switzerland secret remedies cannot be advertised without submitting the formula and a sample of the remedy to the board of health.

The results, together with the chemical analysis of each sample, are given in a table contained in this paper, some of them being also represented graphically.

The line is hauled in by a steam or electric winch, and the sounding-tube containing a sample of the bottom deposit is rapidly brought on board.

At lunch, order off the menu or sample the buffet.

The Baluch character is influenced by its environment as much as by its origin, so that it is impossible to select any one section of the general community as affording a satisfactory sample of popular Baluch idiosyncrasies.

These professional-quality corporation kits come with sample bylaws and minute sheets to help you keep proper records.

The machine 's sample rate is adjusted by using a rotary selector on the rear panel.

No later letters in this sample give occasion for the use of what we might call the argumentative semicolon.

Syphilis serology The sample will be screened using an ELISA test.

An alternative is to sieve the sample through a fine nylon mesh.

The sample for the survey was drawn using a snowball sampling technique.

Please specify clearly who should receive the results for each sample.

A spokeswoman for Universities UK said that the survey represented only a small sample of academics.

Please note an emergency request for a sputum sample should be accompanied by a laboratory call out.

You'll then have time to visit the Checkpoint Charlie Museum or sample some sauerkraut and bratwurst and down a few steins of beer !

Even if you have complete confidence in your own ability to print programs, be sure to print a sample first to double check.

The restaurant allows you an all-you-can-eat sushi buffet, so instead of trying to determine what kind of sushi roll you want to buy, you can sample a wide assortment of sushi.

Tourists learn about the ingredients used, are shown how the brewing process works, and are then allowed to sample numerous varieties of the award-winning lagers in the brewery's tasting room.

Sample homemade paté and pickles, roasted porcini mushrooms and a locally-raised pork loin chop.

The system was rendered comparatively inexpensive by the drop in commissions from 1 to 2% which had followed the adoption of selling by sample.

Apart from the growth-habits of the plant itself, the consideration that chiefly determines the routine of barley cultivation is the demand on the part of the maltster for uniformity of sample.

A good sample will usually have a com position within the limits cited above and approximating to the typical figures given above.

At the end of the sermon in Tristram he had intimated that, if this sample of Yorick's pulpit eloquence was liked, "there are now in the possession of the Shandy family as many as will make a handsome volume, at the world's service, and much good may they do it."

He found that a small fraction, not more thanoth part, resisted the change, and in this residue he doubtless had a sample of the inert gas argon which was only recognized as a distinct entity more than a hundred years later.

At the same time it is desirable to have, as far as possible, stalks of equal length together, - all these conditions having considerable influence on the quality and appearance of the finished sample.

To determine the amount of moisture, which should not exceed 30%, a weighed sample is evaporated and dried in a plate on a metallic surface heated by steam.

Bruce " redemption by sample " - the divine Christ has Unless 1 Tim.

The official inspectors examine, grade and sample the wheat in the cars in which it is received at the great markets or elevators.

His tag and sample go to the wheat exchange or chamber of commerce, where they are exposed in small tin pans, and form the basis of the trading.

No stable food for quick work surpasses a superior sample of fine-hulled whole oats like " Garton's Abundance " (120 lb per week), and Timothy hay harvested in dry weather.

The colour, the boiling-point, the specific gravity and solubility in alcohol serve as most valuable adjuncts in the examination with a view to form an estimate of the genuineness and value of a sample.

Quite apart from the genuineness of a sample, its special aroma constitutes the value of an oil, and in this respect the judging of the value of a given oil may, apart from the purity, be more readily solved by an experienced perfumer than by the chemist.

When a good sample is obtained it is a safe and efficient hypnotic, at any rate in the case of a European.

They probably got my blood sample mixed up with some old codger that sets at a desk all day.

The examples adduced above are merely a sample given to illustrate the general character of the argument.

However, 1 sample was found to be highly contaminated at 29.1 microgram/kg total aflatoxins.

The sample is sprayed into the oven through the opening in the top, and can be gently agitated throughout.

Playing games is not only the preserve of the younger generation, with seven per cent of the sample tackling tombs and blasting aliens!

Alternatively, head for the old town's winding alleyways, brimming with traditional bars where you can sample a taste of local life.

The sample window is double-glazed to prevent condensation of moisture when working at temperatures above or below ambient.

Sample groups Patients with unstable angina for whom PCI was not planned.