sampler meaning

• Noun: sampler  sãmplu(r)
  1. An observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something
     - sampling station 
  2. Someone who samples food or drink for its quality
     - taster, taste tester, taste-tester 
  3. An assortment of various samples
     "a candy sampler"; "a sampler of French poets" 
  4. A piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches

  Derived forms: samplers

  See also: sample

  Type of: assortment, critic, embroidery, fancywork, miscellanea, miscellany, mixed bag, mixture, motley, observation station, potpourri, salmagundi, smorgasbord, variety

  Encyclopedia: Sampler

• 
  [Business]
  AmE / noun [C]

  a collection that contains typical examples of sth, so that people can try or experience them:

  You can download a sampler of our designs from our website.

• 
  [Electronics]
  In audio systems, a device that digitizes
  and stores sound for a brief interval of time.
  sample size In statistics, the number of items in
  the sample space chosen for analysis.
  

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Examples

1. soil is sampled with a core sampler.
2. a depth sampler is strapped to the running board of the helicopter.
3. this sampler can be used only in streams shallow enough to be waded.
4. the simplest type of rain sampler is essentially a funnel and bottle.
5. as the sampler is dragged along the bed, it collects a sample from the top layer of bed material.