sample vs cross section
cross section vs samplesample and cross section both are nouns.
sample is a verb but cross section is not a verb.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sample | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| cross section | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
cross section is a hyponym of
sample; that is, cross section is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
sample:
- sample: a small part of something intended as representative of the whole
- cross section: a sample meant to be representative of a whole population
Other hyponyms of sample include
coupon, grab sample, random sample, tasting, metallographic sample, metallographic specimen.
| sample (noun) | cross section (noun) |
|---|---|
| a small part of something intended as representative of the whole | (physics) the probability that a particular interaction (as capture or ionization) will take place between particles; measured in barns |
| items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population | a sample meant to be representative of a whole population |
| all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class | a section created by a plane cutting a solid perpendicular to its longest axis |
| sample (verb) | cross section (verb) |
|---|---|
| take a sample of |
Words related to "sample"
- acceptance sampling
- consume
- core
- coupon
- cross section
- degust
- distribution
- example
- grab sample
- have
- illustration
- ingest
- instance
- metallographic sample
- metallographic specimen
- natural object
- proportional sample
- random sample
- representative
- representative sample
- sample distribution
- sampler
- sampling
- specimen
- statistical distribution
- statistics
- stratified sample
- take
- take in
- taste
- tasting
- try
- try out
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