autosampler

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noun

Any of various devices that automate a sampling process.

OriginEnglish sampler ← New Latin automaticus ← Classical Latin automatum →
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Meanings

nounautosampler (plural autosamplers)

plural autosamplers

  1. Any of various devices that automate a sampling process.

Origin

  1. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  3. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  4. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  5. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  6. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  7. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  8. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  9. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  10. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  11. Classical Latinautomatum
  12. New Latinautomaticus
  13. Englishautomaticclip.
  14. Englishauto-
  15. Englishsampler
  16. Englishautosampler

From auto- + sampler.

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APA

autosampler. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autosampler

MLA

“autosampler.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autosampler. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “autosampler,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/autosampler.

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