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English
Verb
sampling
- present participle and gerund of sample
Noun
sampling (plural samplings)
- The process or technique of obtaining a representative sample.
- A sample.
- (statistics) The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.
- (signal processing) The measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form.
- (music) Electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition, especially as part of hip-hop or electronic dance music.
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Translations
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
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
Noun
sampling (plural sampling-sampling, first-person possessive samplingku, second-person possessive samplingmu, third-person possessive samplingnya)
- (colloquial) sampling:
- (statistics) The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.
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Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English sampling.
Pronunciation
Noun
sampling m inan
- (music) sampling (technique for electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition)
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Further reading
- sampling in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- sampling in Polish dictionaries at PWN