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      selection
      noun
      The process or act of selecting.
      Something selected.
      A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
      (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
      A musical piece.
      (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ
      (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ
      (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
      (Australia) A plot of land, or farm, thus selected.
      (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
      (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection. [(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.]
      (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ
      Roots
      legolect- · Latin · gather, choose
      Synonyms for selection
      choicenpickvselectingvoptionnchoosingvassortmentnpreferencencullingvelectionndecisionn
      Words related to selection
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      Where does selection come from?

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