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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  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.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     2. That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as,
        a choice selection of books.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Natural selection. (Biol.) See under Natural.
        [1913 Webster]

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) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  selection
       n 1: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was
            unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: choice, option,
             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
          excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn:
           excerpt, extract]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  selection
     Αγγλικά n.
     επιλογή, σύνολο επιλεγμένων στοιχείων

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  selection
     n.
     1 The process or act of select#Verb.
     2 Something selected.
     3 A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
     4 A musical piece.
     5 (lb en databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a
  query.
     6 (lb en linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the
  semantic content of their arguments. <sup>(w Selection
  (linguistics) Wp)</sup>
     7 (lb en programming) A list of items on which user operations will
  take place. <sup>(w Selection (user interface) Wp)</sup>
     8 (lb en algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a
  relation.
     9 (lb en historical) The free selection before survey of crown land
  in some Australian colony under land legislation introduced in the
  1860s. <sup>(w Selection (Australian history) Wp)</sup>
     10 (lb en biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which
  individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding.
  <sup>(w Selection (genetic algorithm) Wp)</sup>
     11 (lb en biology) (ellipsis of en natural selection)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  selection
     n.
     1 The process or act of select#Verb.
     2 Something selected.
     3 A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
     4 A musical piece.
     5 (lb en databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a
  query.
     6 (lb en linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the
  semantic content of their arguments. <sup>(w Selection
  (linguistics) Wp)</sup>
     7 (lb en programming) A list of items on which user operations will
  take place. <sup>(w Selection (user interface) Wp)</sup>
     8 (lb en algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a
  relation.
     9 (lb en historical) The free selection before survey of crown land
  in some Australian colony under land legislation introduced in the
  1860s. <sup>(w Selection (Australian history) Wp)</sup>
     10 (lb en biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which
  individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding.
  <sup>(w Selection (genetic algorithm) Wp)</sup>
     11 (lb en biology) (ellipsis of en natural selection)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  selection
     n.
     1 The process or act of select#Verb.
     2 Something selected.
     3 A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
     4 A musical piece.
     5 (lb en databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a
  query.
     6 (lb en linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the
  semantic content of their arguments. <sup>(w Selection
  (linguistics) Wp)</sup>
     7 (lb en programming) A list of items on which user operations will
  take place. <sup>(w Selection (user interface) Wp)</sup>
     8 (lb en algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a
  relation.
     9 (lb en historical) The free selection before survey of crown land
  in some Australian colony under land legislation introduced in the
  1860s. <sup>(w Selection (Australian history) Wp)</sup>
     10 (lb en biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which
  individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding.
  <sup>(w Selection (genetic algorithm) Wp)</sup>
     11 (lb en biology) (ellipsis of en natural selection)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  selection
     n.
     1 The process or act of select#Verb.
     2 Something selected.
     3 A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
     4 A musical piece.
     5 (lb en databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a
  query.
     6 (lb en linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the
  semantic content of their arguments. <sup>(w Selection
  (linguistics) Wp)</sup>
     7 (lb en programming) A list of items on which user operations will
  take place. <sup>(w Selection (user interface) Wp)</sup>
     8 (lb en algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a
  relation.
     9 (lb en historical) The free selection before survey of crown land
  in some Australian colony under land legislation introduced in the
  1860s. <sup>(w Selection (Australian history) Wp)</sup>
     10 (lb en biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which
  individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding.
  <sup>(w Selection (genetic algorithm) Wp)</sup>
     11 (lb en biology) (ellipsis of en natural selection)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  selection
     Englanti n.
     1 valitseminen
     2 valinta
     3 valikointi
     4 valikoima, kokoelma

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  selection
     Engelska n.
     1 urval, sortiment
     2 sortering
     3 val, det att välja

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Selection /sɪlˈɛkʃən/
  الإختيار

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  selection //səˈlɛkʃən// 
  1. избор, подбор
  process or act of selecting
  2. избор, подборка
  something selected
  3. подборка
  variety of items taken from a larger collection