plural of sample scale

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

A room for exhibiting samples of goods for sale. / (slang, dated) A grogshop.

(computer hardware, semiconductors) A non-final version of an integrated circuit meant for product development, validation, or demonstration purposes.

plural of sample point

(probability theory) A point in the sample space representing some concrete non-decomposable result of an individual experiment.

(analytical chemistry) A fine glass tube used in a laboratory to extract very small samples of chemical liquids and solutions.

(statistics) The error caused by observing a sample instead of the whole population.

plural of sampling straw

A technique used to sample benthic invertebrates in a stream, etc., where a net is held underwater and the surrounding substrate disturbed by kicking.