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English
Etymology
From Latin sēlēctiō ( “ the act of choosing out, selection ” ) , from sēlēctus , perfect passive participle of sēligō ( “ choose out, select ” ) , from sē- ( “ apart ” ) + legō ( “ gather, select ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
selection (countable and uncountable , plural selections )
The process or act of selecting .
The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.
Something selected.
A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.
A musical piece.
For my next selection , I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor.
( databases ) A set of data obtained from a database using a query .
( linguistics ) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments . Wp
( programming ) A list of items on which user operations will take place. Wp
( algebra ) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation .
( historical ) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. Wp
( Australia ) A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
1899 , Steele Rudd , chapter 3, in On Our Selection , Sydney: Bulletin:Our selection adjoined a sheep-run on the Darling Downs, and boasted […] a forest of box-trees, a stock-yard, and six acres under barley[.]
( biology ) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding . Wp
( biology ) Ellipsis of natural selection .
1859 November 24, Charles Darwin, “Natural Selection”, in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, , London: John Murray , , →OCLC , page 109 :Slow though the process of selection may be, if feeble man can do much by his powers of artificial selection, I can see no limit to the amount of change, to the beauty and infinite complexity of the coadaptations between all organic beings, one with another and with their physical conditions of life, which may be effected in the long course of time by nature’s power of selection .
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process or act of selecting
Armenian: ընտրում (hy) ( əntrum ) , ընտրություն (hy) ( əntrutʻyun ) , ( in selective breeding ) սելեկցիա (hy) ( selekcʻia )
Basque: aukeraketa
Belarusian: адбо́р m ( adbór ) , вы́бар m ( výbar ) , селе́кцыя f ( sjeljékcyja )
Bengali: ইন্তেখাব (bn) ( intekhab )
Bulgarian: избор (bg) m ( izbor ) , подбор (bg) m ( podbor )
Catalan: selecció (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 選擇 / 选择 (zh) ( xuǎnzé )
Czech: výběr (cs) m
Danish: valg (da) n ,selektion (da) c
Finnish: valinta (fi) , valitseminen (fi)
French: sélection (fr) f
Galician: escolleita f , escolla (gl) f , escolma f , selección (gl) m
German: Anwahl f , Auswahl (de) f , Wahl (de) f , ( computing ) Aufruf (de) m , Aussonderung (de) f
Greek:
Ancient: ἐκλογή f ( eklogḗ )
Hungarian: kiválasztás (hu) , kiválogatás (hu) , választás (hu) , válogatás (hu) , szelektálás (hu)
Irish: rogha (ga) f
Italian: selezione (it) f
Japanese: 選択 (ja) ( せんたく, sentaku )
Korean: 선택 (ko) ( seontaek )
Latin: sēlēctiō f
Malay: pemilihan
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utvalg (no) n , utvelgelse m , seleksjon m
Nynorsk: utval n , seleksjon m
Persian: گزینش (fa) ( gozineš ) , انتخاب (fa) ( entexâb )
Polish: selekcja (pl) f
Portuguese: seleção (pt) f
Romanian: selectare (ro) f , selecție (ro) f
Russian: вы́бор (ru) m ( výbor ) , отбо́р (ru) m ( otbór ) , селе́кция (ru) f ( selékcija )
Scottish Gaelic: taghadh m
Serbo-Croatian: селекција f , selekcija (sh) f
Slovak: výber , selekcia
Slovene: selekcija f , izbira f
Spanish: selección (es) f
Swedish: urval (sv) n
Tagalog: pilian
Turkish: seçme (tr) , ayırma (tr)
Ukrainian: ви́бір ( výbir ) , відбі́р (uk) ( vidbír )
Walloon: relijhaedje m , tchoezixhaedje m
Yiddish: וואַל m ( val )
something selected
Armenian: ընտրություն (hy) ( əntrutʻyun )
Basque: aukera
Bulgarian: избор (bg) m ( izbor ) , подборка f ( podborka )
Finnish: valinta (fi)
French: sélection (fr)
Galician: escolla (gl) f
German: Auslese (de) f , Auswahl (de) f , ( computing ) Markierung (de) f , ( sports ) Nominierung (de) f , ( sports ) Sichtung (de) f ( talents )
Greek:
Ancient: ἐκλογή f ( eklogḗ )
Hungarian: választás (hu) , döntés (hu)
Irish: rogha (ga) f
Maori: whiringa , kōwhitinga , tīpakonga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utvalg (no) n
Nynorsk: utval n
Persian: گزینه (fa) ( gozine )
Portuguese: seleção (pt) f
Romanian: selecție (ro)
Russian: вы́бор (ru) m ( výbor )
Serbo-Croatian: избор m , izbor (sh) m
Slovak: výber , voľba
Slovene: izbor m
Spanish: selección (es) f
Turkish: seçenek (tr) , seleksiyon (tr) , ( computing ) seçilen
variety of items taken from a larger collection
Basque: aukera
Bulgarian: подборка f ( podborka )
Finnish: valikoima (fi) , tarjooma (fi)
Galician: escolma f
German: Auslese (de) f , Auswahl (de) f , ( computing ) Markierung (de) f , ( sports ) Nominierung (de) f , ( sports ) Sichtung (de) f ( talents )
Greek:
Ancient: ἐκλογή f ( eklogḗ )
Hungarian: válogatás (hu) , választék (hu)
Maori: tīpakonga
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utvalg (no) n
Nynorsk: utval n
Persian: برگزیده (fa) ( bargozide )
Portuguese: seleção (pt) f
Romanian: selecție (ro) , culegere (ro) , alegere (ro)
Russian: вы́борка (ru) f ( výborka ) , подбо́рка (ru) f ( podbórka )
Slovak: výber
Slovene: izbor
Tagalog: pilian
Turkish: seleksiyon (tr) , ( computing ) seçilen
Walloon: relijha (wa) m ( neologism ) , leccion (wa) f
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Further reading
“selection ”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary , Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam , 1913 , →OCLC .
“selection ”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co. , 1911 , →OCLC .
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