Associations to the word «Selection»

SELECTION, noun. The process or act of selecting.

SELECTION, noun. Something selected.

SELECTION, noun. A variety of items taken from a larger collection.

SELECTION, noun. A musical piece.

SELECTION RULE, noun. (physics) Any of several general rules concerning the transitions between the states of a quantum mechanical system; they derive from the symmetry properties of the states and of their interactions

SELECTION RULES, noun. Plural of selection rule

SELECTION SUNDAY, noun. (US) (basketball) The Sunday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA basketball tournament are selected.

SELECTION SUNDAY, noun. (US) (American football) The Sunday in December on which the college teams that participate in major bowl games are announced.

SELECTION, noun. The act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick".

SELECTION, noun. An assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes".

SELECTION, noun. The person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor".

SELECTION, noun. A natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment.

SELECTION, noun. A passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings".