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Signal-processing paradigm that trades precision for volume of measurements
Sample abundance is a signal processing paradigm in which very large numbers of low-precision measurements—often one-bit samples produced by comparators
Sample_abundance
Measurement of a signal at discrete time intervals
Upsampling Sample abundance Multidimensional sampling In-phase and quadrature components and I/Q data Sample rate conversion Digitizing Sample and hold
Sampling_(signal_processing)
Sampling higher than the Nyquist rate
of the same benefits as using a higher sample rate at the DAC. Oversampled binary image sensor Sample abundance Supersampling Undersampling While with
Oversampling
Process of mapping a continuous set to a countable set
errors such as quantization in the explanatory or independent variable Sample abundance Other distortion measures can also be considered, although mean squared
Quantization (signal processing)
Quantization_(signal_processing)
Relative representation of a species in an ecosystem
abundance is the relative representation of a species in a particular ecosystem. It is usually measured as the number of individuals found per sample
Abundance_(ecology)
Concept in ecology
proposed that sampled species abundances would follow a negative binomial from which the zero abundance class (species too rare to be sampled) was eliminated
Relative_species_abundance
Group of statistical methods
is reliant on statistical models which can account for sampling bias and uncertainty. Abundance estimates today have become essential for researchers trying
Abundance_estimation
Digital signal resampling method
intermediate sample, is the lower frequency. Downsampling Multi-rate digital signal processing Half-band filter Oversampling Sample abundance Sampling (signal
Upsampling
Relative proportion of an isotope as found in nature
In physics, natural abundance (NA) refers to the abundance of isotopes of a chemical element as naturally found on a planet. The relative atomic mass (a
Natural_abundance
Chemical analysis used to determine quantities of substances
absolute or relative abundance (often expressed as a concentration) of one, several or all particular substance(s) present in a sample. It relates to the
Quantitative analysis (chemistry)
Quantitative_analysis_(chemistry)
System that converts an analog signal into a digital signal
linear function Audio codec Beta encoder Integral linearity Modem Sample abundance A very simple (nonlinear) ramp converter can be implemented with a
Analog-to-digital_converter
Theory of evolutionary biology
becomes only apparent for very large sample sizes. The Unified Theory unifies biodiversity, as measured by species-abundance curves, with biogeography, as measured
Unified neutral theory of biodiversity
Unified_neutral_theory_of_biodiversity
plot sampling is a widely used method of abundance estimation in which specific areas, or plots, are selected from within a survey region and sampled. This
Plot_sampling
Methods for estimating the density and/or abundance of populations
Distance sampling is a widely used group of closely related methods for estimating the density and/or abundance of populations. The main methods are based
Distance_sampling
Genome regions affecting protein levels
interest or across the entire genome of each sample. pQTL mapping is the process that correlates protein abundance measurements with genome-wide SNP data to
Protein quantitative trait loci
Protein_quantitative_trait_loci
Variety of species in an ecological community, landscape or region
take into account the abundance of each species or its abundance relative to other species (known as relative species abundance). Species richness and
Species_richness
Number of distinct species in a biological community
abundant species needed to obtain the same mean proportional species abundance as that observed in the dataset of interest (where all species may not
Species_diversity
Planned Chinese Mars sample return mission
Tianwen-3 (Chinese: 天问三号) is a planned robotic Mars sample-return mission of the China National Space Administration scheduled to launch in 2028, returning
Tianwen-3
Any technique to improve resolution of an imaging system beyond conventional limits
problematic. Optical resolution Oversampling Video super-resolution Sample abundance Single-particle trajectory Superoscillation Schmidt, R.O, "Multiple
Super-resolution_imaging
Type of atomic measurement
combinations of isotopic abundances in varying ratios. For example, due to a different mixture of stable carbon-12 and carbon-13 isotopes, a sample of elemental carbon
Relative_atomic_mass
Cyclical variations in the ratio of the abundance of oxygen
are cyclical variations in the ratio of the abundance of oxygen with an atomic mass of 18 to the abundance of oxygen with an atomic mass of 16 present
Oxygen_isotope_ratio_cycle
Usage of mass spectrometry to measure remaining isotopes
spectrometric methods are used to measure the relative abundance of isotopes in a given sample. This technique has two different applications in the earth
Isotope-ratio mass spectrometry
Isotope-ratio_mass_spectrometry
Relative atomic mass as defined by IUPAC (CIAAW)
Weights and Isotopic Abundances and applicable to elements in any normal sample with a high level of confidence. A normal sample is any reasonably possible
Standard_atomic_weight
applications of RNA-seq that allow for observations of RNA abundances over time in a biological sample or samples. Second-Generation DNA sequencing has enabled cost
Time-resolved_RNA_sequencing
How many different types are in a dataset
usually individual organisms (e.g. plants or animals), and the measure of abundance can be, for example, number of individuals, biomass or coverage. In demography
Diversity_index
Animal population estimation method
of marked individuals within the sample is counted. Since the number of marked individuals within the second sample should be proportional to the number
Mark_and_recapture
Method of sampling in biostatistics
Biometrics 39. pp 965–976. Buckland, S.T. Introduction to distance sampling: estimating abundance of biological populations, New York, Oxford University Press;
Line-intercept_sampling
Laboratory technique for quantitative proteomics
based on mass spectrometry that detects differences in protein abundance among samples using non-radioactive isotopic labeling. It is a popular method
Stable isotope labeling by amino acids in cell culture
Stable_isotope_labeling_by_amino_acids_in_cell_culture
Biostratigraphic unit in geology
abundance zone, or acme zone, is a biozone that is defined by the range in which the abundance of a particular taxon is highest. Because an abundance
Biozone
Isotope of plutonium
5×10−19 g/g: 370 (or fewer) atoms per gram of the sample, at least seven times lower than the abundance measured by Hoffman et al. A 2022 study, once again
Plutonium-244
Sand containing projectile remnants
second survey conducted in 2024 and 2025 took 460 samples for analysis of metallic grain abundance, size and morphology, and concluded that metallic grains
Metallic sediment in the Normandy landing beaches
Metallic_sediment_in_the_Normandy_landing_beaches
Isotope of actinium
respectively occur in the decay chains of uranium-235 and thorium-232. Its abundance was estimated as less than 1.1×10−19 relative to 232Th and around 9.9×10−16
Actinium-225
Chemical element with atomic number 87 (Fr)
collected together to be viewed as a bulk solid or liquid. Obtaining such a sample is highly improbable since the extreme heat of decay resulting from its
Francium
Housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana, US
eighteenth-century Creole who first developed that part of town: Industry, Abundance, Benefit, Humanity, Desire, Piety 1989-Larry Jones (HANO) blames racism
Desire_Projects
Species of bacterium
samples. Moreover, in samples in which Dolosigranulum was detected, the organism was far more abundant in nasal samples (18% mean relative abundance)
Dolosigranulum_pigrum
Fish research partnership
forces that govern sardine abundance. The CalCOFI Station pattern was based on a centric-systematic-area design. CalCOFI sampling lines were designed to be
CalCOFI
Ecological relationship between species' range sizes and abundance
In ecology, the occupancy–abundance (O–A) relationship is the relationship between the abundance of species and the size of their ranges within a region
Occupancy–abundance relationship
Occupancy–abundance_relationship
strongly associated with greater migratory bird species richness and abundance. Coppicing of waterside willows and cottonwoods by beavers leads to dense
Environmental impacts of beavers
Environmental_impacts_of_beavers
Medium-sized wild cat
to eight kittens, which are weaned at the age of 12 weeks. Given its abundance throughout the range and lack of severe threats, the Canada lynx has been
Canada_lynx
Technique to assess species richness
richness from the results of sampling. Rarefaction allows the calculation of species richness for a given number of individual samples, based on the construction
Rarefaction_(ecology)
Fissure in a planet's surface from which heated water emits
peptides and protocells. This is an attractive hypothesis because of the abundance of CH4 (methane) and NH3 (ammonia) present in hydrothermal vent regions
Hydrothermal_vent
Type of electron microscope
X-ray spectroscopy and used to identify and measure the abundance of elements in the sample and map their distribution. Due to the very narrow electron
Scanning_electron_microscope
Analytical chemistry technique
peptides in a given sample, which has sparked the development of methods to determine relative and absolute abundance of proteins in samples. The intensity
Quantitative_proteomics
Model in theoretical ecology and statistical mechanics
any one species' abundance between samplings of model parameters matches the distribution of species abundances within a single sampling of model parameters
Random generalized Lotka–Volterra model
Random_generalized_Lotka–Volterra_model
Analytical technique based on determining mass to charge ratio of ions
the relative abundance of each ion type. This information is used to determine the chemical element composition of the original sample (i.e. that both
Mass_spectrometry
with atomic mass B (BX). The abundance of AX and BX in any given material is reported with the notation δAX. δAX for the sample material is calculated as
Sulfur isotope biogeochemistry
Sulfur_isotope_biogeochemistry
Path along which organisms are recorded
estimating a species population size Distance sampling – Methods for estimating the density and/or abundance of populations MegaTransect – 1999 ecological
Transect
Crystalline chemical element or compound formed by geologic processes
due to their abundance in the crust. These eight elements, summing to over 98% of the crust by weight, are, in order of decreasing abundance: oxygen, silicon
Mineral
Mass of a given molecule in daltons
the molar mass an average of many particles or molecules (weighted by abundance of the isotopes), and the molecular mass the mass of one specific particle
Molecular_mass
Materials with a well-defined isotopic composition
nitrate (NO3−). Isotopic abundances are commonly reported using the δ notation, which is the ratio of two isotopes (R) in a sample relative to the same ratio
Reference materials for stable isotope analysis
Reference_materials_for_stable_isotope_analysis
Chemical element with atomic number 82 (Pb)
of a rock sample depends on the presence of these parent isotopes; for example, lead-208 abundance can vary from about 52% in ordinary samples to as much
Lead
Type of material
thereafter as a result of a neutron star merger, thereby increasing the abundance of elements heavier than helium in the interstellar medium. When gravitational
Metal
Rectangular frame used to demarcate a part of the substrate for detailed analysis
Pound, R.; Clements, F. E. (June 1898). "A method of determining the abundance of secondary species". Minnesota Botanical Studies. 2: 19–24. Pound, R
Quadrat
Biological models used to explain relative species abundance distributions
distribution of abundances of individuals among species. The relative abundances of species are usually expressed as a Whittaker plot, or rank abundance plot, where
Niche_apportionment_models
atoms in natural isotopic abundance compounds. Since coupling between other carbons in natural isotopic abundance samples is negligible, signals in fully
Nuclear magnetic resonance decoupling
Nuclear_magnetic_resonance_decoupling
Isotope of uranium
is the most common isotope of uranium found in nature, with a relative abundance above 99%. Unlike uranium-235, it is non-fissile, which means it cannot
Uranium-238
Salt water trapped in sea ice
marine mammals, brine pockets serve as a habitat for various microbes. Sampling and studying these pockets requires specialized equipment to accommodate
Sea_ice_brine_pocket
Chemical analysis technique
determine which chemical elements are present in a sample, and can be used to estimate their relative abundance. EDS also helps to measure multi-layer coating
Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy
Energy-dispersive_X-ray_spectroscopy
Technique used to date materials such as rocks or carbon
formed. The method compares the abundance of a naturally occurring radioactive isotope within the material to the abundance of its decay products, which
Radiometric_dating
Graph used in astrophysics
stellar atmospheres compared to the solar value. The x-axis represents the abundance of iron (Fe) vs. hydrogen (H), that is, [Fe/H]. The y-axis represents
(α/Fe)_versus_(Fe/H)_diagram
Group of low-reactive, gaseous chemical elements
improving sensitivity and throughput. Before analysis, sample preparation is essential due to the low abundance of noble gases, involving extraction, purification
Noble_gas
Fishing method utilising electricity
Electrofishing is a common scientific survey method used to sample fish populations to determine abundance, population density and species composition. When performed
Electrofishing
Total species diversity in a landscape
the highest proportional abundance, and fewer equally abundant species are hence needed to obtain this proportional abundance. Alpha diversity Beta diversity
Gamma_diversity
NASA asteroid sample return mission (2016-2023)
OSIRIS-REx was a NASA asteroid-study and sample-return mission that visited and collected samples from 101955 Bennu, a carbonaceous near-Earth asteroid
OSIRIS-REx
Magnesium or iron oxide that mainly constitutes the lower mantle of the Earth
in mantle minerals has been studied experimentally in ferropericlase. Samples are subject to the conditions of the lower mantle in a laser-heated diamond
Ferropericlase
NASA sample return probe
NASA sample-return probe that collected a sample of solar wind particles and returned them to Earth for analysis. It was the first NASA sample-return
Genesis_(spacecraft)
Chemical element with atomic number 77 (Ir)
found in meteorites in much higher abundance than in the Earth's crust. For this reason, the unusually high abundance of iridium in the clay layer at the
Iridium
Crater on the Moon
following samples were collected from Dune Crater (Station 4), as listed in Table 5-II of the Apollo 15 Preliminary Science Report. Sample type, lithology
Dune_(crater)
The multiplicity of contracts underlines the presence in Clermont of an abundance of small craftsmen. To support economic activity in his department, and
Economic and logistical aspects of the Napoleonic Wars
Economic_and_logistical_aspects_of_the_Napoleonic_Wars
List of subspecies of the common pheasant
"Распространение и численность мургабского фазана в СССР" [Distribution and abundance of the Murghab pheasant in the USSR]. Proceedings of the 10th All-Union
Subspecies of Phasianus colchicus
Subspecies_of_Phasianus_colchicus
Statistic used for comparing the similarity of two samples
Dice-Sørensen coefficient is a statistic used to gauge the similarity of two samples. It was independently developed by the botanists Lee Raymond Dice and Thorvald
Dice-Sørensen_coefficient
American journalist (born 1984)
published by Simon & Schuster: Why We're Polarized in January 2020, and Abundance, cowritten with Derek Thompson, in March 2025. Klein rose to prominence
Ezra_Klein
Known whale, dolphin, and porpoise species
danger from fishing. There are no quantitative data on abundance. Nothing is known of the abundance of this porpoise. It was the most commonly encountered
List_of_cetaceans
Problem in astronomy
lithium discrepancy refers to the discrepancy between the primordial abundance of lithium as inferred from observations of metal-poor (Population II)
Cosmological_lithium_problem
2025 mixtape by PinkPantheress
Rolling Stone praised Fancy That's "melting pot culture" that the abundance of sampling helped create, though he noted that she "sounds like she’s aiming
Fancy_That
Phylogenetic group described in January 2024
"Viroid-like "obelisk" agents are widespread in the ocean and exceed the abundance of RNA viruses in the prokaryotic fraction". The ISME Journal. doi:10
Obelisk_(biology)
2024 album by Eminem
Eminem's "strongest album in over a decade, which may say more about his abundance of misfires since The Marshall Mathers LP2 than it does about the quality
The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grâce)
The_Death_of_Slim_Shady_(Coup_de_Grâce)
Genetic technique for identifying organisms in mixed samples
experiments to investigate the diversity, abundance, and survival of biological material contained in bilge water samples taken from small coastal vessels. Their
Metabarcoding
The penetration of Russians into the Urals, associated mainly with the abundance of furs in the region, facilitated the infiltration of new technologies
History of metallurgy in the Urals
History_of_metallurgy_in_the_Urals
Country in Central Asia
characterised as "noodle-rich". Mutton is a popular variety of meat due to the abundance of sheep in the country and it is part of various Uzbek dishes. Uzbekistan's
Uzbekistan
technique is used to see changes in protein abundance (for example, between a sample of a healthy person and a sample of a person with disease), post-translational
Difference gel electrophoresis
Difference_gel_electrophoresis
DNA sampled from the environment rather than directly from an individual organism
generated and analyzed from a sample. Higher sequencing depth increases the probability of detecting rare or low-abundance DNA fragments. Sequencing hundreds
Environmental_DNA
Country in South America
but almost always without accumulation. As would be expected with its abundance of water, high humidity and fog are common. The absence of mountains,
Uruguay
Color between blue and green
link in the food chain. The planet Uranus is colored cyan because of the abundance of methane in its atmosphere. Methane absorbs red light and reflects the
Cyan
Topics referred to by the same term
the determination of the absolute or relative abundance of one or more substances present in a sample Quantitative analysis (finance), the use of mathematical
Quantitative_analysis
Chemical element with atomic number 94 (Pu)
exposed to moist air, it forms oxides and hydrides that can expand the sample up to 70% in volume, which in turn flake off as a powder that is pyrophoric
Plutonium
Natural objects that originated in outer space
materials include cosmic dust and meteorites, as well as samples brought to Earth by sample return missions from the Moon, asteroids and comets, as well
Extraterrestrial_materials
2023 disaster in Ohio, United States
Spokesperson Dan Donovan, said, "[the company is] operating out of an abundance of caution," also mentioning, "[their water comes from] a protected spring
East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment
East_Palestine,_Ohio,_train_derailment
optically labeled targets, which determines the relative abundance of each target in the sample. DNA is extracted from cells used to create test fragments
Suspension_array_technology
Genus of bacteria
Fidelibacterota has a low representation in shallow pelagic samples and high abundance in deep samples. Although Fidelibacterota is often associated with low
Fidelibacter
Analytical method
tau.ac.il Alon T, Amirav A (2006). "Isotope abundance analysis methods and software for improved sample identification with supersonic gas chromatography/mass
Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry
Gas_chromatography–mass_spectrometry
were mined from the 16th to the 19th century, uranium ore was mined in abundance in the 20th century. It was only during the Second World War that restrictions
History of radiation protection
History_of_radiation_protection
Crater on the Moon
Lunar Sample Atlas, Lunar and Planetary Institute Sample 14063 and 14064 Sample 14082 and 14083 Sample 14321 Sample 14051 Sample 14068 Sample 14069 and
Cone_(crater)
Oldest-surviving crustal material from the Hadean eon
sources. The unspecified samples used for analyses below were Jack Hills zircon in Australia because of the high abundances and data available. U–Pb dating
Hadean_zircon
Brightest star in the constellation Lyra
their main sequence lifetimes. Compared with the Sun, Vega has a lower abundance of elements heavier than helium. Vega is also a variable star—that is
Vega
Hoofed herbivorous grazing or browsing mammals
"Relationships of Cetacea (Artiodactyla) among mammals: increased taxon sampling alters interpretations of key fossils and character evolution". PLOS ONE
Ruminant
Chemical element with atomic number 88 (Ra)
uranium (mostly uranium-238), due to its proportionally shorter half-life. A sample of radium metal maintains itself at a higher temperature than its surroundings
Radium
Study of collection and analysis of data
experiment designs and survey samples. Random sampling assures that inferences and conclusions can reasonably extend from the sample to the population as a whole
Statistics
Method to detect an antigen using an antibody and enzyme
(EIA) to detect the presence of a ligand (commonly a protein) in a liquid sample using antibodies directed against the ligand to be measured. ELISA has been
ELISA
Eukaryotes other than animals, plants or fungi
300 million years that originated the modern supergroups. Still, their abundance in the fossil record remained low until the Neoproterozoic, when the first
Protist
SAMPLE ABUNDANCE
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Girl/Female
Indian, Telugu
Simple Looking; Good Smile
Male
English
Variant spelling of English unisex Sammy, SAMMIE means "heard of God," "his name is El," or "name of God."
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Greek Sampson, SAMPSA means "like the sun." In mythology, this is the name of a god of harvest who wakes up in the spring and dances through the fields sowing corn and oats. His full name is Sampsa Pellervoinen and he is also known by the name Pellervo.
Female
English
English name derived from the vocabulary word, SABLE means "black," as a heraldic color. It is sometimes confused with the mammal of the same name but which has brown fur, not black, and which has a different origin.
Surname or Lastname
English (mainly Nottinghamshire)
English (mainly Nottinghamshire) : unexplained; probably a variant of Sample.
Boy/Male
Shakespearean
The Merry Wives of Windsor' Servant to Slender.
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Greek Samouel, SAMULI means "heard of God," "his name is El," or "name of God."
Surname or Lastname
English and Scottish
English and Scottish : reduced form of Hemphill.German : variant of Hempel, or in some instances probably an Americanized spelling of the same name.
Surname or Lastname
English and French
English and French : occupational name or habitational name for someone who was employed at or lived near one of the houses (‘temples’) maintained by the Knights Templar, a crusading order so named because they claimed to occupy in Jerusalem the site of the old temple (Middle English, Old French temple, Latin templum). The order was founded in 1118 and flourished for 200 years, but was suppressed as heretical in 1312.English : name given to foundlings baptized at the Temple Church, London, so called because it was originally built on land belonging to the Templars.Scottish : habitational name from the parish of Temple in Edinburgh, likewise named because it was the site of the local headquarters of the Knights Templar.
Female
Greek
(ΣεμÎλη) Greek name SEMELE means "of the earth (or underworld)." In mythology, this is the name of a daughter of Kadmos (Latin Cadmus), the mortal mother of Dionysos. Also known as Thyone.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from Middle English stapel ‘post’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a boundary post, or a habitational name from some place named with this word (Old English stapel), as for example Staple in Kent or Staple Fitzpaine in Somerset.Americanized spelling of German Stapel.
Male
German
Pet form of Old High German Hamprecht, HAMPE means "bright home."
Surname or Lastname
English, Scottish, Welsh, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Sámuel), Jewish, and South Indian
English, Scottish, Welsh, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian (Sámuel), Jewish, and South Indian : from the Biblical male personal name Samuel (Hebrew Shemuel ‘Name of God’). This name is also well established in South India.It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, and in the U.S. is used as a family name among families from southern India.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Greek Samouel (Hebrew Shemuwel), SAMUEL means "heard of God," "his name is El," or "name of God." In the bible, this is the name of a son of Elkanah by Hannah.
Male
Italian
Italian form of Greek Samouel, SAMUELE means "heard of God," "his name is El," or "name of God."
Male
Finnish
Finnish form of Greek Sampson, SAMPAA means "like the sun."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name for someone who lived by a maple tree, Middle English mapel (Old English mapul).French : from Latin mapula, a diminutive of mappa ‘piece of cloth’, ‘napkin’, presumably a metonymic occupational name for a cloth merchant or a weaver.
Boy/Male
Australian, British, English
From the Temple Settlement
Surname or Lastname
English (of Norman origin)
English (of Norman origin) : habitational name from any of various places in Normandy called Saint-Paul or Saint-Pol, from the dedication of their churches to St. Paul (see Paul).
Boy/Male
English
Temple-town. This surname refers to medieval priories and settlements of the military religious...
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Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Traditional
Victorious
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Katrina, KATRYNA means "pure."
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Auspicious Victory
Girl/Female
American, Australian, Chinese, Czechoslovakian, French, German, Latin, Spanish, Swedish, Teutonic
Rival; Ambitious; Industrious; Eager; Flattering; Laborious
Girl/Female
British, Christian, English, Indian, Latin
Excessively Proper; Affectedly Correct; Prim; Ancient; Diminutive of Priscilla
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Comfort
Female
French
Pet form of French Viviane, VIVIETTE means "alive, animated, lively."
Girl/Female
Assamese, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Telugu
One with Lotus-like Eyes
Girl/Female
Tamil
Chelsea | சேலà¯à®¸à¯‡à®‚,சலà¯à®¸à®¿à®¯à®¾Â
Landing place or port, Seaport. place name
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a short form of Pepin.
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a.
Not contracted of brief; not concise; extended; diffusive; as, an ample narrative.
n.
A pattern; a specimen; especially, a collection of needlework patterns, as letters, borders, etc., to be used as samples, or to display the skill of the worker.
a.
Not capable of being decomposed into anything more simple or ultimate by any means at present known; elementary; thus, atoms are regarded as simple bodies. Cf. Ultimate, a.
n.
One who makes up samples for inspection; one who examines samples, or by samples; as, a wool sampler.
a.
Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers.
a.
Not luxurious; without much variety; plain; as, a simple diet; a simple way of living.
a.
Without subdivisions; entire; as, a simple stem; a simple leaf.
a.
Direct; clear; intelligible; not abstruse or enigmatical; as, a simple statement; simple language.
a.
Plain; unadorned; as, simple dress.
v. t.
To sort according to its staple; as, to staple cotton.
v. i.
To gather simples, or medicinal plants.
a.
Fully sufficient; abundant; liberal; copious; as, an ample fortune; ample justice.
a.
Single; not complex; not infolded or entangled; uncombined; not compounded; not blended with something else; not complicated; as, a simple substance; a simple idea; a simple sound; a simple machine; a simple problem; simple tasks.
v. t.
To take or to test a sample or samples of; as, to sample sugar, teas, wools, cloths.
n.
A part of anything presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole; a specimen; as, goods are often purchased by samples.
v. t.
To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god.
v. t. & i.
To rumple; to wrinkle.
a.
A medicinal plant; -- so called because each vegetable was supposed to possess its particular virtue, and therefore to constitute a simple remedy.
a.
Consisting of a single individual or zooid; as, a simple ascidian; -- opposed to compound.
n.
Example; pattern.