sampling station
- noun
- Specialized
:
estación de muestreo
- Each sampling station was equipped with tools to monitor air pollution levels throughout the city.
- sampling stations in each area
Examples
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Results should be compared with past readings and adjacent sampling stations, and resampling conducted if necessary.
Academic text (1994) -
Sampling stations were randomly selected to represent the environmental variability within each reservoir (lotic, transition, and lentic zones).
Academic text (2018) -
Black points indicate sampling stations in each area.
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Sampling stations were placed in the volunteers' yards or places of business.
Academic text (2010) -
Fig. 1: Map of sampling stations in each of the three study areas.
Academic text (2018) -
Map of the lower Cape Fear watershed, showing sampling stations.
Academic text (2002) -
McCarty and Angier constructed sampling stations.
Academic text (2002) -
Indications that suggest a problem exists include elevations that are extremely high, persistent, or unusual for a particular sampling station.
Academic text (1994) -
Accordingly, the number of sampling stations varied among reservoirs, taking into account the reservoir size and the seasonal variation in its volume.
Academic text (2018) -
Sampling stations were grouped according to the results of cluster analysis performed on larval density data.
Academic text (2018)
Synonyms
11
2.7
A place with instruments and people who measure and record the weather
2
4.5
A device that collects samples for testing in science or the environment
1
4.4
A place where people watch and record weather, animals, or stars
How Equipped
- Specialized
- Specialized
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4.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is directly compositional: 'sampling' (the act or procedure of collecting samples) modifies 'station' (a place or facility), so the meaning 'a place for collecting samples' is transparently derived from the parts. This noun+noun/gerund modifier pattern is common and cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE’s meaning.
Etymology
The noun sampling station comes from the simple image of a fixed station where people do sampling; imagine a marked spot by a river or road where scientists come to collect 'samples' and make 'observations'. So today sampling station means a place set up for collecting 'samples' or for scientific 'monitoring'.