Phrase Hound found 38 phrases and 33 compound words that contain selection. The most common are listed below. Open selection in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 38
- Selection process
- Best Selection
- Selection Box
- sexual selectionA type of natural selection where members of the sexes acquire distinct forms either because the members of one sex choose mates with particular features or because in the competition for mates among the members of one sex only those with …
- self-selectionSelecting oneself for something.
- artificial selectionIntervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits.
- Site Selection
- group selectionA form of natural selection whereby traits that may be disadvantageous to the individual can be propagated when they are advantageous to the survival of a group as a whole.
- selection sortA sorting algorithm that divides the input list into two sublists — items already sorted, and items not yet sorted — and gradually transfers elements from one list to the other.
- Selection Committee
- K-selectionA theory involving natural selection based on quality.
- r-selectionA theory involving natural selection based on quantity.
- selection effectSynonym of selection bias: The bias introduced by the selection of individuals, groups, or data for analysis in such a way that proper randomization is not achieved, thereby ensuring that the sample obtained is not representative of the …
- Selection MondayThe Monday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament are selected.
- selection rulesplural of selection rule: 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 SundayThe Sunday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament are selected.
- selection biasThe bias introduced by the selection of individuals, groups, or data for analysis in such a way that proper randomization is not achieved, thereby ensuring that the sample obtained is not representative of the population intended to be …
- selection ruleAny 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
- adverse selectionThe process by which the price and quantity of goods or services in a given market is altered due to one party having information that the other party cannot have at reasonable cost.
- non-selectionThe act of not selecting someone (or something).
- forum selection clauseA contractual provision determining the territorial (or less often only international, or subject matter) jurisdiction for a legal dispute concerning a concrete legal relationship.
- kin selectionAn evolutionary strategy that favors an individual organism's close kin over itself.
- c-selectionAbbreviation of category selection.
- s-selectionAbbreviation of semantic selection.
- clonal selectionThe process by which a specific antigen only activates its counter-specific lymphocyte, usually a B cell, so that particular cell is induced to produce many clones of itself for antibody production.
Compound words 33
- preselectionThe process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party
- selectionalOf or pertaining to selection.
- immunoselectionselection of cell lines according to their resistance to antibodies.
- counterselectionSelection that removes unwanted characteristics.
- orthoselectionThe hypothesis that posits that orthogenesis works by means of natural selection.
- unselectionThe process, act or instance of unselecting.
- autoselectionautomatic selection
- bioselectionbiological selection
- chemoselectionThe selection of a reagent etc. on the basis of chemoselectivity
- contraselectionSelection for a desirable trait that has unintended negative consequences.