Real Dictionary

sampling
a plan, sketch, or preliminary drawing [...]
a portion of time of indefinable length [...]
a quantity or amount considered in relation to or measured against another quantity or amount [...]
a way of proceeding or doing something, esp a systematic or regular one [...]
mental tendency or inclination, esp an irrational preference or prejudice [...]
physical or mental exertion, usually considerable when unqualified [...]
the continuous passage of existence in which events pass from a state of potentiality in the future, through the present, to a state of finality in the past [...]
the piece of land where something was, is, or is intended to be located [...]
the process of selecting a random sample [...]
the state of being frequent; frequent occurrence [...]
the two electrical contacts that make or break the current flow in the distributor of an internal-combustion engine [...]