different between selection vs determination

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

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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

English

Etymology

From Middle English determinacion, determynacioun, from Old French determinacion, from Latin d?termin?ti?.Morphologically determine +? -ation

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??t??m??ne???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

determination (countable and uncountable, plural determinations)

1. The act of determining, or the state of being determined.

2. Bringing to an end; termination; limit.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 13:

     So should that beauty which you hold in lease

     Find no determination: then you were

     Yourself again after yourself's decease ...

3. Direction or tendency to a certain end; impulsion.
4. The quality of mind which reaches definite conclusions; decision of character; resoluteness.
5. (countable) The state of decision; a judicial decision, or ending of controversy.
6. (countable) That which is determined upon; result of deliberation; purpose; conclusion formed; fixed resolution.
7. A flow, rush, or tendency to a particular part

8. (countable) The act, process, or result of any accurate measurement, as of length, volume, weight, intensity, etc.

9. The act of defining a concept or notion by giving its essential constituents.
10. The addition of a distinguishing feature to a concept or notion, thus limiting its extent; -- the opposite of generalization.
11. The act of determining the relations of an object, such as genus and species; the referring of minerals, plants, or animals, to the species to which they belong; classification

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Danish

Noun

determination c (singular definite determinationen, plural indefinite determinationer)

1. determination

Declension

Further reading

• “determination” in Den Danske Ordbog