resample

verb

re·​sam·​ple (ˌ)rē-ˈsam-pəl How to pronounce resample (audio)
resampled; resampling

transitive verb

: to take a sample of or from (something) again
Health officials are resampling the water … after very high bacteria results came back this week.FOX 4 (Cape Coral, Florida)

Examples of resample in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Hardware inputs and color groups can be routed to the master bus or an infinite number of buses via discrete send knobs that are either pre- or post-fader, or other color groups that can resample separate audio sources that are merged into a single color group and loop. Pete Cottell, WIRED, 2 May 2024 Representation bias can be partially handled by resampling the data to represent different groups equally. Zehra Cataltepe, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1821, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of resample was in 1821

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“Resample.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resample. Accessed 10 May. 2024.

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