Other forms: selections
A selection is the choosing of somebody, or the range on offer. Team selection, a wide selection, natural selection.
Natural selection is the mechanism Darwin described, and the word choosing in it is a metaphor — nothing chooses, some variants simply leave more offspring. Selection bias is what happens when the sample chooses itself, and it wrecks more studies than any other fault.
1nounselectionThe choosing of somebody or something.
“The selection of the new team captain will take place next week.”
2nounrangeThe range on offer.
“The bakery has a wide selection of breads, from rye to sourdough.”
selection is a choosing, or a range.
Latin selectio comes from seligere, to choose out — se-, apart, plus legere, to gather or choose.
Latin
sēlēctiō — the act of choosing out, selection
English, today
selection
Built from
Latin sēlēctiō (“the act of choosing out, selection”), from sēligō (“choose out, select”), from sē- (“apart”) + legō (“gather, select”). Equivalent to select + ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA