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selection |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Selection \Se*lec"tion\, n. [L. selectio: cf F. s['e]lection.] . The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference. 2. That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as a choice selection of books. {Natural selection}. (Biol.) See under {Natural}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: selection n 1: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: {choice}, {pick}] 2: an assortment of things from which a choice can be made "the store carried a large selection of shoes" 3: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor" [syn: {choice}, {pick}] 4: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment [syn: {survival}, {survival of the fittest}, {natural selection}] 5: a passage selected from a larger work "he presented exerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn: {excerpt}, {extract}]
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