What is the meaning of Sampling?

present participle and gerund of sample

The process or technique of obtaining a representative sample.

A sample.

The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.

The measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form.

The electronic splicing of pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition, especially as part of hip-hop or electronic dance music.

sampling:

  1. The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.

The analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random.

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

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