Surface sampling Synonyms

Definitions for Surface


  • (adjective) lying on or affecting only the outer layer of something
  • (noun) an outer part or layer
  • (verb) to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly

Definitions for Sampling


  • (noun) a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole
  • (noun) (statistics) the selection of a suitable sample for study
  • (noun) items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population