selection

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Synonyms: delection, election, selectron, selectin, belection, dejection, reflection, dilection, section, rejection, deflection

Antonyms: delection, election, selectron, selectin, belection, dejection, reflection, dilection, section, rejection, deflection

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Noun

1. The process or act of [[select#Verb|selecting]].
2. Something selected.
3. A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
4. A musical piece.
5. {{lb|en|databases}} A set of data obtained from a database using a [[query]].
6. {{lb|en|linguistics}} The ability of [[predicate]]s to determine the [[semantic]] content of their [[argument]]s.
7. {{lb|en|computing}} A list of items on which user operations will take place.
8. {{lb|en|algebra}} A [[unary]] [[operation]] that denotes a [[subset]] of a [[relation]].
9. {{lb|en|historical}} The free selection before survey of [[crown]] land in some [[Australian]] [[colony|colonies]] under land [[legislation]] introduced in the 1860s.
10. {{lb|en|computer science}} The stage of a [[genetic algorithm]] in which individual [[genome]]s are chosen from a [[population]] for later [[breeding]].
11. {{lb|en|biology}} {{ellipsis of|en|natural selection}}.

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