selection





See also: sélection



Contents






  • 1 English


    • 1.1 Etymology


    • 1.2 Pronunciation


    • 1.3 Noun


      • 1.3.1 Synonyms


      • 1.3.2 Derived terms


      • 1.3.3 Related terms


      • 1.3.4 Translations




    • 1.4 Further reading


    • 1.5 Anagrams







English




English Wikipedia has an article on:
selection (disambiguation)


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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




  • IPA(key): /səˈlɛkʃən/


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  • Rhymes: -ɛkʃən



Noun


selection (countable and uncountable, plural selections)



  1. The process or act of selecting.
    The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.


  2. Something selected.
    My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafitte.


  3. A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
    I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.


  4. A musical piece.

    For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor.



  5. (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



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  • elect

  • election

  • elective


  • elite, élite


  • elitism, élitism


  • elitist, élitist

  • panselective

  • panselectivist

  • select

  • selectable

  • selectability



  • selectance

  • selectee

  • selective

  • selectively

  • selectiveness

  • selectivity

  • selectly

  • selectman

  • selectness

  • selector





Translations






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Further reading




  • selection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.


  • selection in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.



Anagrams



  • elections, selenotic, telesonic



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