English noun: sample |
1. | sample (cognition) a small part of something intended as representative of the whole |
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| Broader (hypernym) | example, illustration, instance, representative |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | coupon, cross section, grab sample, random sample, tasting |
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2. | sample (cognition) items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population |
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| Synonyms | sample distribution, sampling |
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| Broader (hypernym) | distribution, statistical distribution |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | acceptance sampling, proportional sample, random sample, representative sample, stratified sample |
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| Domain category | statistics |
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3. | sample (object) all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class |
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| Broader (hypernym) | natural object |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | core, specimen |
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