samplings
Small test amounts
Samplings are instances of sampling—taking small portions from a larger whole to test or examine.
A scientist might conduct multiple samplings of water quality over time.
In music, samplings refers to the practice of incorporating excerpts from existing recordings into new compositions: The album's creative samplings drew from 1970s funk and soul.
Self-crossing curved shapes
- beatsPulses or defeats
- snippetsShort extracted pieces
- clipsAttaches or excerpts
- excerptsSelected passages from texts
tracks · audio · remixes · mashups · producers · turntables · hip-hop · vinyl
Representative items for examination
- testsProcedures measuring knowledge
- swabsAbsorbent sampling tools
- collectionsGathered groups of items
- probesInvestigative examinations
biopsies · screenings · cultures · assays · quality control · inspections · audits · checks
Facts for analysis
- subsetsGroups within groups
- populationsGroups of residents counted
- randomOccurring without pattern
- representativeOne who acts for another
stratified · surveys · polling · research · methodology · bias · selection · demographics
loops
Self-crossing curved shapes
excerpts · tracks · audio · remixes · mashups · producers · turntables · hip-hop · vinyl · breakbeats
specimens
Representative items for examination
- testsProcedures measuring knowledge
- swabsAbsorbent sampling tools
- collectionsGathered groups of items
probes · biopsies · screenings · cultures · assays · quality control · inspections · audits · checks · monitoring
data
Facts for analysis
- subsetsGroups within groups
- populationsGroups of residents counted
- randomOccurring without pattern
representative · stratified · surveys · polling · research · methodology · bias · selection · demographics · respondents
tastings
Small-portion flavor evaluations
morsels · appetizers · flights · nibbles · spoonfuls · servings · previews · tasters · try-outs · complimentary
- groupingsgroups, categories, classes, divisions, clusters
- collectionscollection, collections, anthology, anthologies, compilation
- demoscooking demos, tutorials, hands-on demos
samplingstotalities
Complete aggregates, nothing omitted
entireties · wholes · censuses · aggregates · complete sets
- music samplingReusing recorded sounds
- random samplingSelecting by pure chance
- DNA samplingCollecting cellular hereditary material
- digital samplingRecording audio segments electronically
- sampling rateCaptures per second
- core samplingRemoving underground material cylinders