Sampling
Verb
sampling- Present participle of sample
Full definition of sampling
Noun
sampling
(plural samplings)- the process or technique of obtaining a representative sample
- a sample
- (statistics) the analysis of a group by determining the characteristics of a significant percentage of its members chosen at random
- (signal processing) the measurement, at regular intervals, of the amplitude of a varying waveform in order to convert it to digital form
- (music) a technique for electronically splicing pieces of previously recorded sound as part of a composition