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SAMPLES

"SAMPLES" is a plural of: sample.

Date "SAMPLES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references)


Specialty Definition: SAMPLES

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Dream Interpretation

To dream of receiving merchandise samples, denotes improvement in your business. For a traveling man to lose his samples, implies he will find himself embarrassed in business affairs, or in trouble through love engagements. For a woman to dream that she is examining samples sent her, denotes she will have chances to vary her amusements. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: SAMPLES

English words defined with "SAMPLES": core bitD and C, dilatation and curettage, dilation and curettage, DNA chipgene chip, genetic fingerprinting, genetic profilingLiquor thiefPattern card, population, proportional samplingrepresentative samplingsampler, show card, spot-check, stratified samplingtaster, tastetester, trichromatic, trichrome, tricoloruniverse. (references)
Specialty definitions using "SAMPLES": control samplesinterpenetrating sampleslinked samplespaired samples, Personal Air Samples, Prevalent Level Samplesserial samples, shot samplestrimmed samples. (references)

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Modern Usage: SAMPLES

DomainUsage

Screenplays

That's a book of carpet samples. (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

And we can develop a database of tooth impressions and demon skin samples and I could wear high heels more often. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

Skin samples from under the women's fingernails are consistent with Ed's. (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami)

So, any luck with the blood and hair samples I gave you? (C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation; writing credit: Kenta Fukasaku; Koshun Takami)

Movie/TV Titles

Show Me Your Samples (1921)

Inside Candy Samples (1984)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: SAMPLES

DomainTitle

References

  • The World Market for Albums for Samples or Collections Made of Paper or Paperboard: A 2004 Global Trade Perspective (reference)

    (more reference examples)

  

Books

  • United States: Guideline for Submitting Samples and Analytical Data for Methods Validation (Ref: Daa-Ussadmv) (reference)

  • Choosing a Color Scheme: How to Handle Samples and Use Color Successfully in Your Home (reference)

  • Schnellmethoden zur Analyse von Plutonium und anderen Aktiniden in Umweltproben : Bericht einer Ad-hoc-Arbeitsgruppe des Arbeitskreises Umweltèuberwachung (AKU) = Rapid methods for the analysis of plutonium and other actinides in environmental samples : r (reference)

  • The Facilitator's Fieldbook: Step-by-Step Procedures * Checklists and Guidelines * Samples and Templates (reference)

  • Nyungar anew : phonology, text samples, and etymological and historical 1500-word vocabulary of an artificially re-created Aboriginal language in the south-west of Australia (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  

High Tech

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: SAMPLES

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Photo Album: SAMPLES

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Pictured are various slides of woodchucks. These animals carry a Hepatitis B-like virus in their blood and are being studied to understand the link of virus to liver cancer. Post-mortem examination indicates that about 25% of the woodchucks die of liver cancer and have the virus in their blood samples. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Pictured is a molecular biology lab at MIT where a woman scientist works with an apparatus that counts radioactivity incorporated into DNA. She is shown here checking samples in the research work she is performing. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Harold R. Wetmore pouring a cell suspension into a flask used to take samples for conducting cell counts. Credit: CDC.

Indian Ink capsule stain is useful for improving visualization of encapsulated Bacillus anthracis in clinical samples such as blood, blood culture bottles, or cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). Credit: CDC.

Bean Samples The Ocean of Storms. Credit: NASA.

Bottom samples from dredge haul south of Australia Robert F. Dill and Robert S. Dietz on right OCEANOGRAPHER around the world cruise. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

90-liter Bodmar bottle for relatively large deep-water samples. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Small hands helping do a big job. Taking water samples at a water quality station. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Collecting water samples for acid rain analysis in a Chesapeake wetland tributary. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Lieutenant Mark Boland taking air samples for Dr. Charles Keeling of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Use in Literature: SAMPLES

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

Europe has samples of Asia and Africa, in miniature.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: SAMPLES

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Ownership of samples. (references)

Take samples of urine and blood for tests. (references)

Length of time that all samples will be stored. (references)

Business

Decoration stores have a small stock or a complete range of samples from manufacturers. (references)

Some brand names offer software samples for free when buying a PC, a CD-ROM or a printer. (references)

The Inspection Center requires companies to provide product samples as well as sales reports in the native country market. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cote d'Ivoire

The CNP said the newspaper was run by a Burkinabe publisher, who did not employ any professional journalists and had not complied with the legal deposit requirement, including samples of articles and government forms; the publisher maintained that he had complied with the provisions of the press law. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

The duties applicable to commercial shipments apply to samples having a commercial value. (references)

Ireland

Other promotional techniques, such as coupons, samples, premiums, and prizes, are also used. (references)

Human Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The ICMP collected 18,230 blood samples in the country of relatives of missing persons to aid in the DNA identification of approximately 4,000 unidentified recovered remains, exhumed primarily from around Srebrenica. (references)

Political Economy

THE BAHAMAS

These include: fine jewelry, goods for business meetings or conventions, traveling salesman samples, automobiles or motorcycles, photographic and cinematographic equipment, and equipment or tools for repair work. (references)

TAIWAN

Industrial products such as air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, electric hand tools, and synthetic rubber gloves must undergo redundant and unnecessary testing requirements, which include destructive testing of samples. (references)

Trade

New Zealand

New Zealand admits samples of negligible value duty free. (references)

Argentina

Restrictions applicable to imports are also applied to samples. (references)

Bulgaria

Article 58 allows entry of samples and products for trade exhibitions. (references)

Travel

Guatemala

Small quantities of product samples usually are entered without a problem. (references)

Colombia

Where appropriate, small samples help make preliminary meetings more effective. (references)

Italy

Imported samples of commercial value may be granted a temporary entry and exemption from custom charges. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: SAMPLES

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809Some have been liberally educated, and all have lived in countries where the arts and sciences are cultivated to a considerable degree, and have had before their eyes samples of the best works from abroad.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: SAMPLES

"SAMPLES" is generally used as a noun (plural) -- approximately 99.62% of the time. "SAMPLES" is used about 2,627 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (plural)99.62%2,6173,489
Lexical Verb (-s form)0.38%10111,207
                    Total100.00%2,627N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: SAMPLES

The following table summarizes the usage of "SAMPLES" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
SamplesLast name3,0003,682
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: SAMPLES

Expressions using "SAMPLES": Friedman's rank test for k correlated samples interpenetrating samples linked samples paired samples related samples selection of samples shot samples trimmed samples. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "SAMPLES": corn-samples, cyber-samples, k-samples, population-samples, sub-samples.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: SAMPLES

Language Translations for "SAMPLES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

sammenknyttede stikprøver (linked samples), parallelle stikprøver (interpenetrating samples, sub-samples), at udvide udvekslingen af proever og andet videnskabeligt materiale,der saerlig bruges ved grundforskning paa det natur-og laegevidenskabelige omraade (to broaden the exchange of samples and other scientific materials used for fundamental research in the field of natural science and medicine), blod-og urinproever passerer en ionbytter-resin anbragt i et glasroer (the blood and urine samples are passed over a resin ion-exchanger placed in glass columns), den sædvanlige metode til bestemmelse af blyindholdet i prøver af partikulære forureninger skelner ikke mellem organiske og uorganiske blyforbindelser (the current method for assaying lead in samples of particulate pollutants does not distinguish between organic and inorganic lead compounds), der blev taget plastreplikaer af strukturerne af talrige proever,baade til direkte replikaer og til ekstraktionsreplikaer (plastic replicas of the structures of many samples were used both for the relief replicas as well as for the extraction replicas), ekstrem variant (erratic samples), en mere udstrakt kontrol med drikkevand ville vaere oenskelig (more extensive surveillance of consumer tap samples would be desirable), Friedmans rangordentest for k-korrelaterede stikprøver (Friedman's rank test for k correlated samples), luftproever udtaget ved hjaelp af PVC-roer, er blevet analyseret enten kontinuerligt i et infraroedt spektroskop, eller enkeltvis ad kolorimetrisk vej (samples were taken of the atmosphere using P.V.C. piping and were analysed either continuously by an infra-red apparatus or discontinuously by means of colorimetric tubes), analysekontrolproever for raastoffer,saasom malm,sinter,dolomit,kalksten osv. (dolomite, limestone, sinters, standard samples of raw materials such as ores), matchede stikprøver (matched samples), ved anvendelse af firkantsignal-polarografi er det muligt at gaa ud fra meget smaa proever,som er lette at foraske seriemaessigt i en specialovn under oxygendiffusion (by the use of square wave polarography it is possible to start with very small test samples, which are easy to mineralise in series in a special furnace under oxygen diffusion), parvise stikprøver (paired samples), proevegravninger i gruber og render goer det muligt at udtage intakte jordproever og vurdere jordens forskydningsstyrke (by means of test pits/trial pits/investigation pits/boreholes/ it is possible to take undisturbed soil samples and estimate the suitability of the soil for extraction), proever af partikulaere og gasformede blyforbindelser omdannes til oploesninger af blysalte,som kan analyseres (particulate and gaseous lead samples are converted into solutions of lead salts that may be analyzed), proeverne blev taget med et stoevsamlingsapparat (the samples were taken with a dust collection apparatus), relaterede stikprøver (related samples), runde eller firkantede proevestykker til kontrol af tinlaget (disc or square samples for checking the tin coating), trimmede stikprøver (trimmed samples), vaadt og toert fallout maales ved inddampning af regnvandsproever i beholdere (liquid or dry fallout is measured through the evaporation of rainwater samples collected in containers). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

standaardmonsters voor grondstoffen zoals ertsen,sinters,dolomiet,toeslagstoffen,toeslag,enz. (dolomite, limestone, sinters, standard samples of raw materials such as ores), linked samples (linked samples), de bloed- en urinemonsters passeren een kunstharsionenuitwisselaar, die zich in een glazen buis bevindt (the blood and urine samples are passed over a resin ion-exchanger placed in glass columns), de natte en droge neerslag wordt gecontroleerd door indampen van het regenwater dat wordt opgevangen (liquid or dry fallout is measured through the evaporation of rainwater samples collected in containers), de peilopening is groot genoeg om een monsterbus in de tank te laten zakken waarmee oliemonsters genomen worden om het drab-en watergehalte,alsmede het soortelijk gewicht van de olie te bepalen (and its specific gravity or weight;this operation is called thiefing a tank, the thief hatch is large enough for a sampling device called a thief to be lowered into the tank and samples of oil obtained to determine the basic sediment and water content of the oil), elkaar doordringende steekproeven (interpenetrating samples, sub-samples), Friedman-test (Friedman's rank test for k correlated samples), gepaarde steekproeven (matched samples, paired samples), gerelateerde steekproeven (related samples), getrimde steekproeven (trimmed samples), het verruimen van de uitwisseling van monsters en ander wetenschappelijk materiaal dat wordt gebruikt voor fundamenteel wetenschappelijk onderzoek op het gebied van de natuurwetenschappen en de geneeskunde (to broaden the exchange of samples and other scientific materials used for fundamental research in the field of natural science and medicine), het zou wenselijk zijn dat er op grotere schaal monsters werden genomen uit de drinkwaterleidingen (more extensive surveillance of consumer tap samples would be desirable), bij de gebruikelijke methode om het loodgehalte in monsters van deeltjesverontreinigers te bepalen, wordt geen onderscheid gemaakt tussen organische en anorganische loodverbindingen (the current method for assaying lead in samples of particulate pollutants does not distinguish between organic and inorganic lead compounds), isoformering van poedersamples (isoforming of powder samples), verstrengelde steekproeven (interpenetrating samples, sub-samples), loodmonsters in de vorm van deeltjes en van gas worden omgezet in loodzoutoplossingen die geanalyseerd kunnen worden (particulate and gaseous lead samples are converted into solutions of lead salts that may be analyzed), luchtmonsters, genomen met behulp van p. v. c. - slangen, werden hetzij continu geanaliseerd met een infrarood meetapparaat of niet-continu met kolorimetrische buisjes. 1137-72 (samples were taken of the atmosphere using P.V.C. piping and were analysed either continuously by an infra-red apparatus or discontinuously by means of colorimetric tubes), met behulp van de kanteelgolfpolarografie is het mogelijk van zeer kleine monsternamen uit te gaan, die gemakkelijk seriegewijze te mineraliseren zijn in een speciale oven onder diffusie van zuurstof (by the use of square wave polarography it is possible to start with very small test samples, which are easy to mineralise in series in a special furnace under oxygen diffusion), monsterneming (sampling, taking samples), monsters werden genomen met een stafvergaarapparaat (the samples were taken with a dust collection apparatus), ronde of vierkante monsters voor de controle van de tinlaag (disc or square samples for checking the tin coating), uitbijter (erratic samples, maverick), uitschieter (erratic samples, excursion, maverick, power excursion, reactor excursion, spike), van de structuur van veel proefstukken werden plastic replica's gemaakt,zowel voor reliëfreplica's als extractiereplica's (plastic replicas of the structures of many samples were used both for the relief replicas as well as for the extraction replicas). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vastinotokset (matched samples), toisiinsa liittyvät otokset (related samples), parittaiset otokset (paired samples), päällekkäisotokset (interpenetrating samples, sub-samples), kytketyt otokset (linked samples), katkaistu jakauma (trimmed samples). (various references)

   

French

  

échantillonne. (various references)

   

German

  

probiert. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

εάν συμβεί μία απότομη αλλαγή στην ταχύτητα προόδου της γεωτρήσεως(μείωση του χρόνου γεωτρήσεως),κατά τη διάρκεια μιας γεωτρήσεως εξε-ρευν (drilling can be immediately halted and samples circulated out), δείγματα ατμοσφαιρικού αέρα ληφθέντα με ογκομετρικούς σωλήνες χλωριούχου πολυβινίου,αναλήθηκαν είτε κατά τρόπο συνεχή μέ συσκευή υπέρυθ (samples were taken of the atmosphere using P.V.C. piping and were analysed either continuously by an infra-red apparatus or discontinuously by means of colorimetric tubes), θα ήταν επιθυμητός ένας ευρύτερος έλεγχος δειγμάτων του νερού της ύδρευσης (more extensive surveillance of consumer tap samples would be desirable), οι δομές των περισσότερων δειγμάτων αναπαράχθηκαν με χρήση πλαστικών αποτυπώσεων τόσο για τα άμεσα αποτυπώματα όσο για τις αποτυπώσεις εξ (plastic replicas of the structures of many samples were used both for the relief replicas as well as for the extraction replicas), οι δειγματοληψίες έγιναν με ένα σύστημα συλλογής σκόνης (the samples were taken with a dust collection apparatus), τα δείγματα αίματος και ούρων περνούν από μια ιονοανταλλακτική ρητίνη που βρίσκεται σε ένα γυάλινο σωλήνα (the blood and urine samples are passed over a resin ion-exchanger placed in glass columns), τα δείγματα μολύβδου σε αέρια ή σωματιδιακή μορφή μετατρέπονται σε διαλύματα αλάτων μολύβδου που μπορούν να αναλυθούν (particulate and gaseous lead samples are converted into solutions of lead salts that may be analyzed), δείγματα δίσκων ή τετραγώνων για τον έλεγχο επένδυσης κασσιτέρου (disc or square samples for checking the tin coating), αλληλοδιεισδύοντα δείγματα (interpenetrating samples, sub-samples), Οι αναγνωρίσεις με φρέατα ή τάφρους επιτρέπουν τη λήψη αδιατάρακτων δειγμάτων εδάφους και την εκτίμηση της ευκολίας που παρουσιάζει το έδ (by means of test pits/trial pits/investigation pits/boreholes/ it is possible to take undisturbed soil samples and estimate the suitability of the soil for extraction), η οπή δειγματοληψίας είναι ικανοποιητικών διαστάσεων για να επιτρέψει την κάθοδο μέσα στην δεξαμενή ενός δειγματολήπτη και τη λήψη δείγμα (the thief hatch is large enough for a sampling device called a "thief" to be lowered into the tank and samples of oil obtained to determine the basic sediment and water content of the oil), η συνήθης μέθοδος για τον προσδιορισμό της περιεκτικότητας σε μόλυβδο των δειγμάτων αιωρουμένων ρυπαντών δεν διακρίνει τις ενώσεις οργαν (the current method for assaying lead in samples of particulate pollutants does not distinguish between organic and inorganic lead compounds), η ραδιενέργεια των υγρών και στερεών κατακρημνισμάτων μετράται μετά από εξάτμιση δειγμάτων νερού της βροχής που έχουν συλλεγεί σε ειδικά (liquid or dry fallout is measured through the evaporation of rainwater samples collected in containers), χρησιμοποιώντας πολαρογράφο τετραγωνικού κύματος είναι δυνατό να ξεκινήσει κανείς με πολύ μικρά πειραματικά δείγματα που είναι εύκολο να (by the use of square wave polarography it is possible to start with very small test samples), προηγούμενα δείγματα (previous samples), βιασμός (rape), συνδεδεμένα δείγματα (linked samples), ταιριασμένα δείγματα (matched samples). (various references)

   

Italian

  

se interviene una variazione brusca nella velocit d'avanzamento della perforazione(diminuzione del tempo di perforazione)in un pozzo d'esplorazione,la perforazione puo essere immediatamente fermata e i detriti della perforazione circolati fuori dal pozz (drilling can be immediately halted and samples circulated out, if a drilling break(decrease in drilling time)is encountered on an exploratory well), sarebbe auspicabile procedere a controlli su più vasta scala dei campioni di acqua potabile (more extensive surveillance of consumer tap samples would be desirable), gli scavi,i saggi ed i sondaggi consentono di prelevare campioni di terreno vergine e di valutarne la compattezza (by means of test pits/trial pits/investigation pits/boreholes/ it is possible to take undisturbed soil samples and estimate the suitability of the soil for extraction), campioni accoppiati (matched samples), campioni appaiati (paired samples), campioni circolari o quadrati per il controllo del rivestimento di stagno (disc or square samples for checking the tin coating), campioni compenetranti (interpenetrating samples, sub-samples), campioni concatenati (linked samples), campioni del campo (field samples), campioni di radionuclidi sono stati sottoposti a conteggio su uno spettrometro gamma multicanale (radionuclide samples were counted on a multi channel gamma spectrometer), campioni interpenetranti (interpenetrating samples, sub-samples), campioni relativi uno all'altro (related samples), campioni-tipo di materie prime come minerali,agglomerati,dolomite,calcare,ecc. (dolomite, limestone, sinters, standard samples of raw materials such as ores), estendere lo scambio di campioni e altro materiale scientifico usato per la ricerca di base nei campi delle scienze esatte e naturali e della medicina (to broaden the exchange of samples and other scientific materials used for fundamental research in the field of natural science and medicine), campione troncato (trimmed samples), furono fatte repliche di plastica delle strutture di numerosi campioni sia per le impronte dirette, sia per quelle di estrazione (plastic replicas of the structures of many samples were used both for the relief replicas as well as for the extraction replicas), test dei ranghi di Friedman per k campioni correlati (Friedman's rank test for k correlated samples), i campioni di piombo, sotto forma di particelle o di gas, vengono trasformati in soluzioni di sali di piombo che possono essere analizzati (particulate and gaseous lead samples are converted into solutions of lead salts that may be analyzed), i prelievi di campioni atmosferici effettuati per mezzo di colonne di cloruro di polivinile sono stati analizza ti in modo continuo con apparecchio a raggi infrarossi ovvero in forma discontinua, per mezzo di tubi colorimetrici (samples were taken of the atmosphere using P.V.C. piping and were analysed either continuously by an infra-red apparatus or discontinuously by means of colorimetric tubes), i prelievi sono stati effetuati per mezzo di un dispositivo collettore delle polveri (the samples were taken with a dust collection apparatus), il metodo abituale per la determinazione del tenore in piombo dei campioni di particelle inquinanti non fa distinzione fra composti organici ed inorganici (the current method for assaying lead in samples of particulate pollutants does not distinguish between organic and inorganic lead compounds), il portello per la sonda è largo abbastanza da permettere ad un dispositivo di campionamento chiamato "sonda" di essere abbassato dentro il serbatoio per ottenere campioni di olio,cio che permette di determinare i sedimenti e la percentuale d'acqua nell', la radioattivita' delle ricadute umide e secche viene misurata per evaporazione delle acque pluviali raccolte in recipienti (liquid or dry fallout is measured through the evaporation of rainwater samples collected in containers), l'uso della polarografia a onda quadrata permette di incominciare con campioni di prova molto ridotti che è facile mineralizzare in serie in un forno speciale, previe diffusione d'ossigeno (by the use of square wave polarography it is possible to start with very small test samples, which are easy to mineralise in series in a special furnace under oxygen diffusion), passaggio dei campioni di sangue e di urina su resina sintetica sostitutrice di ioni messa in un tubo di vetro (the blood and urine samples are passed over a resin ion-exchanger placed in glass columns), prelevamento di campioni (taking samples), fare assaggi (take of samples). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

amplessay

   

Portuguese

  

amostras. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

каталог образцов (catalog of samples, catalogue of samples). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sería conveniente proceder a un control a mayor escala de las muestras del agua corriente potable que utilizan habitualmente los habitantes para beber y para la cocción de los alimentos (more extensive surveillance of consumer tap samples would be desirable), se sometieron muestras de radionúclidos al recuento con espectrómetro gamma multicanal (radionuclide samples were counted on a multi channel gamma spectrometer), muestras erráticas (erratic samples), el método habitual para determinar el contenido de plomo de las muestras de contaminantes en partículas no distingue entre compuestos orgánicos e inorgánicos (the current method for assaying lead in samples of particulate pollutants does not distinguish between organic and inorganic lead compounds), el orificio de muestreo tiene el tamaño suficiente para permitir la introduccion en el deposito de un dispositivo de muestreo llamado sonda o "thief" y obtener con el muestras de petroleo para de terminar su contenido de agua y de sedimentos asi como su , el uso de la polarografía de onda cuadrada permite partir de muestras de prueba muy reducidas que son fáciles de mineralizar en serie en un horno especial bajo difusión de oxígeno (by the use of square wave polarography it is possible to start with very small test samples, which are easy to mineralise in series in a special furnace under oxygen diffusion), la radioactividad de las precipitaciones húmedas y secas se mide por evaporación de las aguas pluviales recogidas en recipientes (liquid or dry fallout is measured through the evaporation of rainwater samples collected in containers), las estructuras de la mayor parte de las muestras se reprodujeron con ayuda de réplicas plásticas, tanto para las réplicas directas como para las de extracción (plastic replicas of the structures of many samples were used both for the relief replicas as well as for the extraction replicas), las muestras de plomo en forma de partículas o gaseosas se transforman en soluciones de sales de plomo que se pueden analizar (particulate and gaseous lead samples are converted into solutions of lead salts that may be analyzed), Las muestras tomadas de la atmósfera por medio de columnas de PVC han sido analizadas bien de manera continua por un aparato de infrarrojos, bien de manera discontinua por medio de tubos colorimétricos. (samples were taken of the atmosphere using P.V.C. piping and were analysed either continuously by an infra-red apparatus or discontinuously by means of colorimetric tubes), las perforaciones de ensayo o calicatas permiten tomar muestras inalteradas de suelo y estimar la facilidad de extracción del suelo (by means of test pits/trial pits/investigation pits/boreholes/ it is possible to take undisturbed soil samples and estimate the suitability of the soil for extraction), las tomas se efectuaron con la ayuda de un dispositivo colector de polvos (the samples were taken with a dust collection apparatus), ampliar el intercambio de muestras y materiales científicos utilizados en la investigación básica en el ámbito de las ciencias naturales y de la medicina (to broaden the exchange of samples and other scientific materials used for fundamental research in the field of natural science and medicine), muestras concordes (matched samples), muestras interpenetrantes (interpenetrating samples, sub-samples), muestras pareadas (paired samples), muestras recortadas (trimmed samples), muestras relacionadas (related samples), muestras tipo de materias primas como minerales aglomerados,dolomita,caliza,etc. (dolomite, limestone, sinters, standard samples of raw materials such as ores), paso de muestras de sangre y de orina por una resina cambiadora de iones en columnas de vidrio (the blood and urine samples are passed over a resin ion-exchanger placed in glass columns), prueba de Friedman (Friedman's rank test for k correlated samples), muestras concadenados (linked samples). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

parallella urval (interpenetrating samples, sub-samples), parallella sampel (interpenetrating samples, sub-samples), matchade urval (matched samples), matchade sampel (matched samples), länkade urval (linked samples), kopplade urval (linked samples). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: SAMPLES

Derivations

Words ending with "SAMPLES": ensamples, resamples, subsamples. (additional references)


Misspellings

"SAMPLES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sammle, sampaes, sampales, sampl, sarples, semple, simbles, Simpless, simplus, Stampfle. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "SAMPLES"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "SAMPLES" (pronounced sa"mpulz)
6-a" m p u l zexamples, tramples.
5-m p u l zpimples, temples.
4-p u l zapples, couples, cripples, disciples, Gospels, grapples, maniples, Maples, metacarpals, multiples, municipals, peoples, pineapples, principals, principles, pupils, purples, ripples, scalpels, scruples, Staples, subprincipals, topples, triples.
3-u l zables, accruals, acquittals, admirals, advertorials, agrochemicals, ambles, angels, angles, animals, ankles, annals, annuals, apostles, appraisals, approvals, archangels, arrivals, arsenals, articles, artiodactyls, assembles, australs, axles, baffles, bagels, balmorals, barbels, barnacles, barrels, battles, baubles, beadles, beagles, beetles, befuddles, belittles, betrayals, bibles, bicycles, bifocals, bindles, biologicals, biomaterials, biphenyls, bisexuals, boggles, Boodles, boondoggles, bottles, bowels, brambles, bristles, brothels, bubbles, buckles, bugles, bundles, burials, bushels, cables, camels, cancels, candles, cannibals, capitals, capitols, capsules, cardinals, carnivals, carols, castles, casuals, cathedrals, cereals, channels, chemicals, chisels, chorals, chortles, chronicles, chuckles, circles, collectibles, colonels, colonials, commercials, compatibles, confessionals, constables, continentals, convertibles, corals, councils, counsels, counterproposals, crackles, cradles, credentials, criminals, crumbles, crystals, cubicles, cudgels, cycles, cyclicals, cymbals, dabbles, dangles, debacles, decibels, decimals, deductibles, deferrals, denials, dentals, devils, diagonals, dials, diesels, differentials, disables, dismantles, dismissals, disposables, disposals, doodles, doubles, dowels, duals, duels, durables, dwindles, eagles, edibles, editorials, embezzles, enables, enamels, encyclicals, ensembles, entitles, entrails, equals, essentials, evangelicals, evils, extraterrestrials, fables, facials, faithfuls, federals, festivals, fiddles, finals, fizzles, flannels, foibles, follicles, fossils, freckles, fuels, fumbles, fundamentals, funerals, funnels, gables, gambles, generals, genitals, Gentles, giggles, goggles, grackles, granules, gribbles, grumbles, gunnels, guzzles, hackles, handles, hassles, heterosexuals, hobbles, homosexuals, honeysuckles, hopefuls, hospitals, hostels, hovels, huddles, humbles, hurdles, hustles, hymnals, icicles, idles, idols, illegals, immortals, imperils, imponderables, incidentals, individuals, industrials, infomercials, Ingles, initials, instrumentals, intangibles, intellectuals, internationals, intervals, invisibles, jewels, jingles, journals, juggles, jungles, juveniles, kennels, kernels, kestrels, kettles, kittles, knuckles, labels, ladles, laurels, legals, lentils, levels, liberals, littles, locals, madrigals, mammals, mangels, mantles, manuals, marbles, marshals, marvels, materials, measles, medals, memorials, metals, mickles, microfossils, minerals, mingles, minstrels, miracles, Miserables, missiles, mistrials, mobiles, models, moguls, mongols, morals, morsels, mortals, motorcycles, muddles, multinationals, Mumbles, murals, muscles, musicals, mussels, muzzles, myrtles, nationals, needles, neoliberals, nestles, nettles, neutrals, nibbles, nickels, Nickles, nicols, nitriles, nobles, nondurables, nonprofessionals, noodles, nostrils, notables, novels, nozzles, numerals, observables, obstacles, officials, ogles, oodles, oracles, Orientals, originals, ossicles, paddles, panels, panfuls, parables, paralegals, parcels, particles, payables, pebbles, pedals, peddles, pedestals, pencils, perennials, perils, periodicals, peripherals, personals, petals, petrels, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, physicals, Pickles, piddles, pistols, pixels, poodles, portables, portals, portrayals, potentials, pretzels, professionals, projectiles, proposals, puddles, puzzles, quarrels, quibbles, radials, radicals, raffles, rankles, rascals, rattles, rebels, rebuttals, receivables, receptacles, recitals, rectangles, recyclables, recycles, referrals, refusals, regionals, rehearsals, removals, renewals, rentals, reprisals, resembles, residuals, revels, reversals, revivals, riddles, rifles, rituals, rivals, Robles, royals, rubles, ruffles, rumbles, runkles, runnels, sables, saddles, sandals, scandals, scoundrels, scrambles, scribbles, scuffles, semifinals, sentinels, sequels, serials, settles, shackles, shambles, shekels, shingles, shovels, shuffles, shuttles, sickles, signals, singles, skittles, sorrels, sparkles, specials, spectacles, spirals, spirituals, sprinkles, squabbles, squiggles, squirrels, stables, startles, stickles, stifles, straddles, struggles, stumbles, subtitles, supermodels, swindles, swivels, syllables, symbols, tables, tackles, tangibles, tangles, taxables, Technicals, tentacles, terminals, testicles, testimonials, thistles, throttles, tickles, timetables, titles, tonsils, totals, towels, transsexuals, travels, trials, triangles, tribunals, trickles, trifles, troubles, truffles, tumbles, tunnels, turntables, turtles, tussles, tutorials, twinkles, uncles, unicycles, unravels, untouchables, upheavals, utensils, valuables, vandals, variables, varietals, vassals, vegetables, vehicles, vessels, vials, vigils, visuals, vittles, vocals, vowels, waffles, wattles, weevils, whistles, winkles, withdrawals, wrangles, wrestles, wrinkles.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: SAMPLES

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-l-m-p-s-s"

-1 letter: lapses, maples, passel, plasms, psalms, saleps, sample, sepals, spales.

-2 letters: almes, ample, apses, lames, lamps, lapse, lases, leaps, males, maple, masse, meals, mesas, pales, palms, pases, passe, peals, plasm, pleas, psalm, salep, sales, salps, samps, seals, seams, sepal, slams, slaps, spaes, spale, spams, spasm.

-3 letters: ales, alme, alms, alps, amps, apes, apse, asps.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-m-p-s-s"
 

+1 letter: lampases, samplers.

 

+2 letters: ampleness, ensamples, lamperses, misplaces, mispleads, neoplasms, pleonasms, resamples, stampless, subsample.

 

+3 letters: amplexuses, blasphemes, eclampsias, ectoplasms, endoplasms, impassable, impassible, lampshells, megalopses, misapplies, omphaloses, palimpsest, plasmagels, plasmodesm, psalmodies, semipostal, slipstream, smallpoxes, specialism, subsampled, subsamples, supermales, symphyseal.

 

+4 letters: amplenesses, bipedalisms, blasphemers, blasphemies, blasphemous, compassable, deutoplasms, esemplastic, homoplasies, impassively, metaplasias, misshapenly, palimpsests, palmistries, personalism, plasmagenes, plasmodesma, plasmodesms, plasmolyses, plasmolyzes, polymerases, semipostals, slipstreams, specialisms, streetlamps, sympetalies, sympetalous.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Usage Frequency
11. Names: Frequency
12. Expressions
13. Translations: Modern
14. Derivations
15. Rhymes
16. Anagrams
17. Bibliography


  

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