sampling Definition

the act, process, or technique of selecting a suitable sample; specifically : the act, process, or technique of selecting a representative part of a population for the purpose of determining parameters or characteristics of the whole population

a small part selected as a sample for inspection or analysis

the introduction or promotion of a product by distributing trial packages of it

to take a sample of or from; especially : to judge the quality of by a sample : test

to use a segment of (recorded music, sounds, or dialogue from another source) as part of one's own musical composition or recording : to use a sample from (another recording or performer)

biopsy of a villus of the chorion at usually 10 to 12 weeks of gestation to obtain fetal cells for the prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal abnormalities —abbreviation CVS—called also chorionic villi sampling