acceptance sampling
- noun
- /əkˈsɛptəns ˈsæmplɪŋ/
- Specialized
:
muestra de aceptación
- In acceptance sampling, inspectors examine a sample of items rather than checking every single one.
Examples
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Using acceptance sampling, the quality control team checked a small portion of the products to decide if the whole batch was acceptable.
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The company implemented acceptance sampling to ensure only high-quality products reached the customers.
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Effective acceptance sampling reduced costs by minimizing the need for exhaustive quality checks.
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The factory uses acceptance sampling to ensure quality.
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Is acceptance sampling effective for all types of products?
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The manufacturer relies on acceptance sampling to quickly assess the quality of their items without having to inspect every product individually.
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By adopting acceptance sampling, the company improved efficiency while ensuring that defective goods were identified before shipping.
Antonyms
How Thorough
- Specialized
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound transparently combines 'acceptance' (approval/decision to accept) with 'sampling' (selecting a sample), so a learner who knows both words can infer it refers to sampling performed to decide whether to accept a batch or items. This is a straightforward noun–noun technical formation that follows common cross-linguistic logic, so its basic meaning is immediately deducible (though detailed statistical procedures remain specialized).
Etymology
Acceptance sampling comes from the idea of using sampling, meaning testing a small part, to decide acceptance, meaning to 'accept' or 'reject' the whole batch. Imagine a shopkeeper who checks a few apples from a big basket: if those apples are good, they 'accept' the whole basket, and if not, they 'reject' it. So the phrase means checking a small sample to decide whether to accept a whole group of products.