A portion, piece, or segment that is representative of a whole, A usually digitized audio segment taken from an original recording and inserted, often repetitively, in a new recording, all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class, verb_ take a sample of, transitive verb_ To take a sample of, especially to test or examine by a sample, To use or incorporate (an audio segment of an original recording) in a new recording, adjective_ Serving as a representative or example