selection
See also: sélection
English
Etymology
From Latin sēlēctiō (“the act of choosing out, selection”), from sēlēctus, perfect passive participle of sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“apart”) + legō (“gather, select”).
Pronunciation
Noun
selection (countable and uncountable, plural selections)
- The process or act of selecting.
- The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.
- Something selected.
- My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafitte.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.
- A musical piece.
- For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor.
- (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
Synonyms
- choice
- (musical piece): number
- (something selected): option
- (musical piece): piece
- (variety from larger collection): subset
Derived terms
Derived terms
- adverse selection
- ambidirectional selection
- apostatic selection
- artificial selection
- asexual selection
- background selection
- balancing selection
- compatibility selection
- counterselection
- deme selection
- demic selection
- directional selection
- disruptive selection
- diversifying selection
- ecological selection
- environmental selection
- eugenic selection
- fecundity selection
- frequency-dependent selection
- gametic selection
- gene selection
- genetic selection
- genic selection
- group selection
- hierarchical selection
- higher-level selection
- individual selection
- inevitable selection
- interdeme selection
- interdemic selection
- intersexual selection
- interspecies selection
- intrademe selection
- intrademic selection
- intrasexual selection
- intraspecies selection
- kin selection
- lower-level selection
- multilevel selection (MLS)
- natural selection
- natural selectional
- natural selectionary
- negative selection
- organismal selection
- organismic selection
- panselection
- panselectionism
- panselectionist
- positive selection
- purified selection
- purifying selection
- selectional
- selectionary
- selectionism
- selectionist
- selection rule
- sexual selection
- simultaneous selection
- species selection
- stabilising selection, stabilizing selection
- strong selection
- supraorgamismal selection
- survival selection
- theory of natural selection
- unit of selection
- viability selection
- weak selection
Related terms
Related terms
Translations
process or act of selecting
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something selected
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variety of items taken from a larger collection
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Further reading
- “selection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “selection”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.