Definition of "selection" in English

noun

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 Lafite.

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.

6. (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ

7. (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ

8. (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.

9. (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ

10. (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ

11. (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection.