sampling

English

Pronunciation

Verb

sampling

  1. present participle and gerund of sample

Noun

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.

Derived terms

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, unadapted borrowing from English sampling.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsamplɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -plɪŋ, -lɪŋ, -ɪŋ, -ŋ
  • Hyphenation: sam‧pling

Noun

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

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

    Unadapted borrowing from English sampling.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈsam.pliŋk/
    • Rhymes: -ampliŋk
    • Syllabification: sam‧pling

    Noun

    sampling m inan

    1. (music) sampling (technique for electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition)

    Declension

    Declension of sampling
    singular
    nominative sampling
    genitive samplingu
    dative samplingowi
    accusative sampling
    instrumental samplingiem
    locative samplingu
    vocative samplingu

    Further reading

    • “sampling”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • “sampling”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)