selection
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noun \sə-ˈlek-shən\Definition of SELECTION
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: one that is selected : choice; also : a collection of selected things
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: a natural or artificial process that results or tends to result in the survival and propagation of some individuals or organisms but not of others with the result that the inherited traits of the survivors are perpetuated — compare darwinism, natural selection
See Examples of SELECTION
- The selection of the best poem was difficult.
- <his selection of a running mate was a long, tedious affair>
First Known Use of SELECTION
circa 1623
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Rhymes with SELECTION
abjection, advection, affection, bisection, collection, complexion, confection, connection, convection, correction, cross section, C-section, defection, deflection, dejection, detection, direction, ejection, election, erection, infection, inflection, injection, inspection, midsection, objection, perfection, prelection, projection, protection, refection, reflection, rejection, resection, subjection, subsection, trajection, transection, trisection
se·lec·tion
noun \sə-ˈlek-shən\ (Medical Dictionary)Medical Definition of SELECTION
: a natural or artificial process that results or tends to result in the survival and propagation of some individuals or organisms but not of others with the result that the inherited traits of the survivors are perpetuated—compare darwinism, natural selection
selection
noun (Concise Encyclopedia)In biology, the preferential survival and reproduction or preferential elimination of individuals with certain genotypes, by means of natural or artificial controlling factors. The theory of evolution by natural selection was proposed by Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in 1858. Artificial selection differs from natural selection in that inherited variations in a species are manipulated by humans through controlled breeding in order to create qualities economically or aesthetically desirable to humans, rather than useful to the organism in its natural environment.
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