sample
nounA portion, piece, or segment that is representative of a whole.
nounA specimen taken for analysis or testing.
nounA set of data or elements drawn from a larger population and analyzed to estimate the characteristics of that population.
nounA usually digitized audio segment taken from an original recording and inserted, often repetitively, in a new recording.
nounOne of a series of pieces of data representing a digitized approximation of an analog signal.
transitive verbTo take a sample of, especially to test or examine by a sample.
transitive verbTo use or incorporate (an audio segment of an original recording) in a new recording.