different between mixture vs selection

English

Etymology

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French misture, from Latin mixt?ra (“a mixing”), from mixtus, perfect passive participle of misce? (“mix”); compare mix.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: m?ks?ch?r, IPA^(key): /?m?kst??/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?m?kst??/
• Hyphenation: mix?ture

Noun

mixture (countable and uncountable, plural mixtures)

1. The act of mixing.

   The mixture of sulphuric acid and water produces heat.

2. Something produced by mixing.

   An alloy is a mixture of two metals.

3. Something that consists of diverse elements.

   The day was a mixture of sunshine and showers.

4. A medicinal compound, typically a suspension of a solid in a solution

   A teaspoonful of the mixture to be taken three times daily after meals

5. (music) A compound organ stop.
6. A cloth of variegated colouring.
7. (India) A mix of different dry foods as a snack, especially chevda or Bombay mix.

Derived terms

• cough mixture

Related terms

• mix
• mixer

Translations

Further reading

• mixture in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• mixture in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Participle

mixt?re

1. vocative masculine singular of mixt?rus

Portuguese

Verb

mixture

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of mixturar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of mixturar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of mixturar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of mixturar

Spanish

Verb

mixture

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of mixturar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of mixturar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of mixturar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of mixturar.

English

Etymology

From Latin s?l?cti? (“the act of choosing out, selection”), from s?l?ctus, perfect passive participle of s?lig? (“choose out, select”), from s?- (“apart”) + leg? (“gather, select”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??l?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

selection (countable and uncountable, plural selections)

1. The process or act of selecting.

   The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.

2. Something selected.

   My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafitte.

3. A variety of items taken from a larger collection.

   I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.

4. A musical piece.

   For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor.

5. (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
6. (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ^Wp
7. (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. ^Wp
8. (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
9. (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ^Wp
10. (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ^Wp
11. (biology) Ellipsis of natural selection

Synonyms

• choice
• (musical piece): number
• (something selected): option
• (musical piece): piece
• (variety from larger collection): subset

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• selection in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• selection in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• elections, selenotic, telesonic