[ˈsɑːmpl], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like
(e.g: investigations involved analysing samples of handwriting)

- a sound or piece of music created by sampling
(e.g: piano samples)


Phrases:
- sample this

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French essample ‘example’. Current senses of the verb date from the mid 18th century

[ˈsɑːmpl], (Verb)

Definitions:
- take a sample or samples of (something) for analysis
(e.g: bone marrow cells were sampled)

- ascertain the momentary value of (an analogue signal) many times a second so as to convert the signal to digital form
(e.g: the input signal must be sampled at twice its highest frequency)


Phrases:
- sample this

Origin:
Middle English (as a noun): from an Anglo-Norman French variant of Old French essample ‘example’. Current senses of the verb date from the mid 18th century