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.