(metalworking) A sample taken for assay from a molten metallic mass by pouring a portion into water to granulate it.

A cylindrical section of a naturally occurring substance, typically obtained by drilling into the substance, for example sediment or rock, with a core drill.

(statistics) A Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for obtaining a sequence of observations which are approximated from a specified multivariate probability distribution, when direct sampling is difficult.

plural of sample mean

plural of sampling error

plural of sample path

(statistics) Any set of possible values to which the appropriate random variables determined by a stochastic process might map a given point in the sample space, taken over all values of the index space (often regarded as time).

plural of sample room

plural of sample scale

An accurately balanced lever-scale for weighing very light objects.