Hypertext Webster Gateway: "selection"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Selection \Se*lec"tion\, n. [L. selectio: cf. F. s['e]lection.]
.
The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice,
by preference.
2. That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as,
a choice selection of books.
{Natural selection}. (Biol.) See under {Natural}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
selection
n 1: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was
unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn: {choice}, {option},
{pick}]
2: an assortment of things from which a choice can be made;
"the store carried a large selection of shoes"
3: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for
mayor" [syn: {choice}, {pick}]
4: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms
best adapted to the environment [syn: {survival}, {survival
of the fittest}, {natural selection}]
5: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented
excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn:
{excerpt}, {extract}]
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