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
  • IPA(key): /səˈlɛkʃən/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • 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

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
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