amostragem
nounfemininetécnico/ɐmuʃtɾɐˈʒɐ̃j̃/medium
a·mos·tra·gem
Definitions
1Process of selecting a representative part (sample) of a population or larger set for study and inference.
Sampling was done randomly to ensure representativeness.
The study used quota sampling.
Common collocations
random samplingstatistical samplingsampling techniquesampling error
2In music and digital audio, the act of recording or converting an analog sound into digital data, or a piece of sound thus recorded.
Electronic music makes extensive use of amostragem of old sounds.
The CD's amostragem rate is 44.1 kHz.
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Common collocations
sampling rateaudio sampling
Etymology
Do francês 'échantillonnage'.