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selection
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)
- The process or act of selecting.
- The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.
- Something selected.
- My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafitte.
- A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
- I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.
- A musical piece.
- For my next selection, I'll play Happy Birthday in F-sharp minor.
- (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.
- (linguistics) The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. Wp
- (programming) A list of items on which user operations will take place. Wp
- (algebra) A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation.
- (historical) The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. Wp
- (biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. Wp
- (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
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display
English
Etymology
From Middle English displayen, from Anglo-Norman despleier and Old French despleier, desploiier, from Medieval Latin displicare (“to unfold, display”), from Latin dis- (“apart”) + plic?re (“to fold”). Doublet of deploy.
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?spl??, IPA(key): /d?s?ple?/
- Rhymes: -e?
- Hyphenation: dis?play
Noun
display (countable and uncountable, plural displays)
- A show or spectacle.
- A piece of work to be presented visually.
- A device, furniture or marketing-oriented bulk packaging for visual presentation for sales promotion.
- (computing) An electronic screen that shows graphics or text.
- (computing) The presentation of information for visual or tactile reception.
- (travel, aviation, in a reservation system) The asterisk symbol, used to denote that the following information will be displayed, eg, *H will "display history".
Descendants
- ? Russian: ???????? (displéj)
- ? Kazakh: ??????? (dïspley)
Translations
See also
Verb
display (third-person singular simple present displays, present participle displaying, simple past and past participle displayed)
- (transitive) To show conspicuously; to exhibit; to demonstrate; to manifest.
- (intransitive) To make a display; to act as one making a show or demonstration.
- (military) To extend the front of (a column), bringing it into line.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Farrow to this entry?)
- (printing, dated) To make conspicuous by using large or prominent type.
- (obsolete) To discover; to descry.
- (obsolete) To spread out, to unfurl.
- Synonym: splay
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, II.v:
- The wearie Traueiler, wandring that way, / Therein did often quench his thristy heat, / And then by it his wearie limbes display, / Whiles creeping slomber made him to forget / His former paine [...].
Translations
Further reading
- display in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- display in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- display at OneLook Dictionary Search
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English display.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?s?ple?/, /?d?s.ple?/
- Hyphenation: dis?play
- Rhymes: -e?
Noun
display m or n (plural displays, diminutive displaytje n)
- display (screen)
Portuguese
Etymology
From English display.
Noun
display m (plural displays)
- display (electronic screen)
- Synonyms: ecrã, tela
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:display.
Spanish
Etymology
From English display.
Noun
display m (plural displays)
- display
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