mintavételezett

Mintavételezett is a Hungarian adjective meaning “sampled” or “taken by sampling.” It is the past participle form of the verb mintavételezni (to sample or to take a sample) and describes something that has been obtained through a sampling process rather than by complete enumeration or testing of all items.

In practice, mintavételezett is used across fields such as statistics, quality control, environmental monitoring, pharmacology, and market research to refer to data, materials, or units that were selected as a subset for analysis. For example, mintavételezett adatok refers to data collected from a subset of a population; mintavételezett minták refers to samples taken for laboratory testing; mintavételezett termékek refers to items selected for inspection or testing.

Etymology and usage: the term combines mintavétel (sampling) with the affixes -ez- and -ett to form a passive participle. It is common in technical and scientific Hungarian to describe processes, datasets, or materials that were obtained by sampling. The phrasing is typically attributive, as in mintavételezett adatok, or predicative when describing a state, such as a mintavételezett minta.

In English-language Hungarian technical writing, the closest equivalent is simply “sampled.” The term is widely understood in technical contexts but is primarily found in formal or specialized discourse rather than everyday speech. Related terms include mintavétel (sampling), mintavételezés (sampling/collection process), and mintavételi eljárások (sampling procedures).