sam·pling (s?m?pl?ng)n.1. Statistics See sample.2. a. The act, process, or technique of selecting an appropriate sample.b. A small portion, piece, or segment selected as a sample.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.sampling (?s??mpl??) n1. (Statistics) the process of selecting a random sample2. (Statistics) a variant of sample23. (Pop Music) the process of taking a short extract from (a record) and mixing it into a different backing track4. (Telecommunications) a process in which a continuous electrical signal is approximately represented by a series of discrete values, usually regularly spacedCollins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014sam?pling (?sæm pl??, ?s?m-) n. 1. the act or process of selecting a sample for testing. 2. the sample so selected. [1630?40] Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.