sampler
Example Sentences
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MMX will gather samples using two methods: a coring sampler on an extendable arm to collect specimens from deeper than two centimeters and a pneumatic sampler to kick up material from the surface.
From Scientific American
Pollen counts estimate how much pollen is in the air using a device called an air sampler that captures the pollen.
From Salon
Later, frustrated by the exigencies of starting a band, like remembering what they’d played the day before, Hecker began experimenting with drum machines and samplers.
From New York Times
It earned instant comparisons to earlier technologies that disrupted the music industry, including the dawn of the synthesizer, the sampler and the file-sharing service Napster.
From New York Times
However, he said the technology could only be useful "as a tool" - like the drum machine and the sampler before it.
From BBC
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