selection
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ʃən noun
1.
an act or instance of selecting or the state of being selected; choice.
2.
a thing or a number of things selected.
3.
an aggregate of things displayed for choice, purchase, use, etc.; a group from which a choice may be made: The store had a wide selection of bracelets.
4.
Biology. any natural or artificial process that results in differential reproduction among the members of a population so that the inheritable traits of only certain individuals are passed on, or are passed on in greater proportion, to succeeding generations. Compare natural selection, sexual selection, kin selection, artificial selection.
5.
Linguistics.
a.
the choice of one form instead of another in a position where either can occur, as of ask instead of tell or with in the phrase ask me.
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Selection
is always a great word to know.
So is gamete. Does it mean:
| a mature sexual reproductive cell, such as a sperm or egg, that unites with another cell to form a new organism |
| reproduction in which the offspring resemble the parents and undergo the same cycle of development |
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act or an instance of selecting or the state of being selected |
| 2. | a thing or number of things that have been selected |
| 3. | a range from which something may be selected: this shop has a good selection of clothes |
| 4. | biology See also natural selection the natural or artificial process by which certain organisms or characters are reproduced and perpetuated in the species in preference to others |
| 5. | a contestant in a race chosen as likely to win or come second or third |
| 6. | (Austral) |
| a. the act of free-selecting | |
| b. a tract of land acquired by free-selection | |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
selection se·lec·tion (sĭ-lěk'shən)
n.
A natural or artificial process that favors or induces survival and perpetuation of one kind of organism over others that die or fail to produce offspring.
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Example sentences
Selection varies from market to market, but choices are usually interchangeable in recipes, so have fun exploring options.
He knows the value of artistic selection and arrangement, and is something of a virtuoso of the short story.
There is a row about kin selection going on at the moment in the evolutionary community.
The menu offers a selection of handmade pastas, as well as meat and seafood entrees.
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