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Subject: sample/pattern Скажите, пожалуйста, в чем смысловая разница между sample и pattern? В каких случаях это взаимозаменяемые слова, а в каких замена невозможна?
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link 6.07.2007 12:10 |
| А Вам в какое место это вставить? |
| Это просто вопрос, без конкретного места, а вообще о смысловой разнице слов, которые в словарях одинаково переводятся. |
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sample [] 1) a) a small part of anything, intended as representative of the whole; specimen b) (as modifier) a sample bottle 2) Also called: sampling statistics a) a set of individuals or items selected from a population for analysis to yield estimates of, or to test hypotheses about, parameters of the whole population. A biased sample is one in which the items selected share some property which influences their distribution, while a random sample is devised to avoid any such interference so that its distribution is affected only by, and so can be held to represent, that of the whole population See also matched sample b) (as modifier) sample distribution 3) () to take a sample or samples of 4) music a) to take a short extract from (one record) and mix it into a different backing track b) to record (a sound) and feed it into a computerized synthesizer so that it can be reproduced at any pitch • Etymology: from Old French essample, from Latin exemplum EXAMPLE |
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pattern I [] 1) an arrangement of repeated or corresponding parts, decorative motifs, etc although the notes seemed random, a careful listener could detect a pattern 2) a decorative design a paisley pattern 3) a style various patterns of cutlery 4) a plan or diagram used as a guide in making something a paper pattern for a dress 5) a standard way of moving, acting, etc traffic patterns 6) a model worthy of imitation a pattern of kindness 7) a representative sample 8) a wooden or metal shape or model used in a foundry to make a mould 9) a) the arrangement of marks made in a target by bullets b) a diagram displaying such an arrangement () 10) (often foll by after or on) to model 11) to arrange as or decorate with a pattern • Etymology: patron, from Medieval Latin patrōnus example , from Latin: PATRON 1 II [] or patron Irish an outdoor assembly with religious practices, traders' stalls, etc. on the feast day of a patron saint Etymology: variant of PATRON 1; see PATTERN 1 |
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