Selection vs. Selectness
Selection (noun)
The process or act of selecting.
"The large number of good candidates made selection difficult."
Selection (noun)
Something selected.
"My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafitte."
Selection (noun)
A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
"I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine."
Selection (noun)
A musical piece.
"For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor."
Selection (noun)
A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
Selection (noun)
The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. Wp
Selection (noun)
A list of items on which user operations will take place. Wp
Selection (noun)
A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
Selection (noun)
The free selection before survey of colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. Wp
Selection (noun)
The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. Wp
Selectness (noun)
The property of being select.
Selection (noun)
The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.
Selection (noun)
That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books.
Selectness (noun)
The quality or state of being select.
Selection (noun)
the act of choosing or selecting;
"your choice of colors was unfortunate"
"you can take your pick"
Selection (noun)
an assortment of things from which a choice can be made;
"the store carried a large selection of shoes"
Selection (noun)
the person or thing chosen or selected;
"he was my pick for mayor"
Selection (noun)
a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment
Selection (noun)
a passage selected from a larger work;
"he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
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