sampan | (noun) an Asian skiff usually propelled by two oars | - |
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samphire | (noun) fleshy maritime plant having fleshy stems with rudimentary scalelike leaves and small spikes of minute flowers; formerly used in making glass | Synonyms: glasswort, Salicornia europaea |
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sample | (noun) a small part of something intended as representative of the whole | - |
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(noun) items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population | Synonyms: sample distribution, sampling |
(noun) all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class | - |
(verb) take a sample of | Synonyms: taste, try, try out |
sampler | (noun) a piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches | - |
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(noun) an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something | Synonyms: sampling station |
(noun) an assortment of various samples | - |
(noun) someone who samples food or drink for its quality | Synonyms: taste-tester, taste tester, taster |
sampling | (noun) (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study | - |
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(noun) measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form) | - |
(noun) items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population | Synonyms: sample, sample distribution |