SELECTION
\sɪlˈɛkʃən], \sɪlˈɛkʃən], \s_ɪ_l_ˈɛ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of SELECTION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.
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That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books.
By Oddity Software
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The act of selecting, or the state of being selected; choice, by preference.
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That which is selected; a collection of things chosen; as, a choice selection of books.
By Noah Webster.
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Differential and non-random reproduction of different genotypes, operating to alter the gene frequencies within a population.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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1. In biology, the preservation of the lives of certain individuals and the destruction of those of others, in consequence of which the character of the race tends to change. 2. In life insurance, the choice among the applicants for insurance of those to whom policies may be issued.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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The act of selecting or choosing and taking from among a number; a taking by preference of one or more from a number: a number of things selected or taken from others by preference.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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