Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sampling"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sampling
n 1: (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
2: (telecommunications) measurement at regular intervals of the
amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to
digital form)
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