Individual units, segments, or small quantities taken as evidence of the quality or character of the entire group or lot. W.

To dream of receiving merchandise samples, denotes improvement in your business. For a traveling man to lose his samples, implies he will find himself embarrassed in business affairs, or in trouble through love engagements. For a woman to dream that she is examining samples sent her, denotes she will have chances to vary her amusements.   

When a music producer, artist or musician incorporates a clip or sample

Many systems ship with samples that demonstrate how the product can be used. Since these samples aren't intended to be used in production systems, they have significantly less security than oth [..]

Digital recordings of musical instruments to be played back by a MIDI controller or a MIDI sequencer in order to reproduce the sounds of acoustic instruments.

Articles which are representative of a particular category of goods already produced or are examples of goods the production of which is contemplated; the term does not include identical articles brou [..]

1. The well cuttings obtained at designated footage intervals during drilling. From an examination of these cuttings, the geologist determines the type of rock and formations being drilled and estimat [..]