composite sample
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcompositeandsample
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composite
noun[C]
uk/ˈkɒm.pə.zɪt/us/ˈkɑːm.pə.zɪt/
something that is made of various ...
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sample
noun[C]
uk/ˈsɑːm.pəl/us/ˈsæm.pəl/
a small amount of something that shows you what the rest is or should ...
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(Definition ofcompositeandsamplefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The six soil subsamples of each plot were pooled into acompositesample.
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These slices were divided into intervals of 10 cm, and the whole of each interval was homogenized to form acompositesample.
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This procedure was also followed for plots where the two varieties were found, collecting only onecompositesample.
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In this situation, seed samples collected (regardless of the sampling scheme) can be mixed together in acompositesample.
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These samples were then mixed into onecompositesamplecorresponding to grass and leaves of shrubs and trees in the circular plot.
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Soil samples in each tree zone were bulked, mixed thoroughly, and acompositesamplewas drawn.
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Samples were collected using a stratified sampling scheme so that withinrow and between-row areas of the plot comprised the proper proportion of thecompositesample.
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Ten soil cores (15-cm depth) were collected randomly from the center bed in each subplot and combined into acompositesamplefor chemical analysis.
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Then, we calculated the mean and variance of thecompositesample.
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The remainder of thecompositesamplewas air-dried.
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These were combined into acompositesampleof 250 g for each depth.
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The five samples for each depth were then mixed together to represent onecompositesamplefor that depth in the sample plot.
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Individual seeds or seed pools are taken from thiscompositesamplefor testing using an appropriate assay method.
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Mercury was also sampled as acompositesampleof all burns.
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A higher threshold could however exclude many specialists which are collected from only a small proportion of the host plants studied and are therefore rare in thecompositesample.
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Thiscompositesampleshould be thoroughly mixed.
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Mercury was also measured but as acompositesamplebecause of the cost of this analysis.
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In this survey each dish was examined as a singlecompositesampleand not as individual ingredients.
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On three faces of the pit, two replicate composite samples were taken from 0 to 80 cm in the mineral soil.
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Composite samples of basal resources were collected each month from five sites along the stream.
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