selection

  • noun 1 the action or fact of selecting. 2 a number of selected things. 3 a range of things from which a choice may be made. 4 a horse or horses tipped as worth bets in a race or meeting. 5 Biology the evolutionary process which determines which types of organism thrive; natural selection.

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