sampling | (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study |
random sampling | the selection of a random sample, each element of the population has an equal chance of been selected |
stratified sampling representative sampling proportional sampling | the population is divided into subpopulations (strata) and random samples are taken of each stratum |
Turkish bath steam bath vapor bath vapour bath | you sweat in a steam room before getting a rubdown and cold shower |
steam fitting | care (installation and maintenance) of equipment for ventilating or heating or refrigerating |
acceptance sampling | a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents, involves determining the maximum number of defects discovered in a sample before the entire batch is rejected |
sampling | measurement at regular intervals of the amplitude of a varying waveform (in order to convert it to digital form) |
boiler steam boiler | sealed vessel where water is converted to steam |
calliope steam organ | a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard |
sampling station sampler | an observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something |
steam bath steam room vapor bath vapour bath | a room that can be filled with steam in which people bathe, `vapour bath' is a British term |
steam chest | the chamber from which steam is distributed to a cylinder |
steam engine | externalombustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder |
steam heat steam heating | a heating system in which steam is generated in boilers and piped to radiators |
steam iron | a pressing iron that can emit steam |
steam line steam pipe | a pipe conducting steam |
steam locomotive | a locomotive powered by a steam engine |
steam shovel | a power shovel that is driven by steam |
steam turbine | turbine in which steam strikes blades and makes them turn |
steam whistle | a whistle in which the sound is produced by steam, usually attached to a steam boiler |
chorionic villus sampling chorionic villus biopsy | a prenatal test to detect birth defects at an early stage of pregnancy, tissue from the chorionic villi is assayed |
sample distribution sample sampling | items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population |
steam coal | coal suitable for use under steam boilers |
steam | water at boiling temperature diffused in the atmosphere |
live steam | steam coming from a boiler at full pressure |
sampling rate | (telecommunication) the frequency of sampling per unit time |
sampling frequency | (telecommunication) the frequency of sampling a continuously varying signal |
steam | cook something by letting steam pass over it, just steam the vegetables |
steam steam clean | clean by means of steaming, steam-clean the upholstered sofa |
steam | get very angry, her indifference to his amorous advances really steamed the young man |
steamer steam | travel by means of steam power, The ship steamed off into the Pacific |
steam | rise as vapor |
steam-heat | heat by means of steam |
steam | emit steam, The rain forest was literally steaming |
steam-powered | powered by a steam engine, a steam-powered locomotive |