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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
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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
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resolution
English
Etymology
Recorded since 1412, as Middle English resolucioun (“a breaking into part”), either from Anglo-Norman resolucion or directly from Latin resol?ti? (“a loosening, solution”), from resolv? (“I loosen”), itself from the intensive prefix re- + solv? (“I loosen”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???z??lu??(?)n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???z??l(j)u?(?)n/
- Rhymes: -u???n
- Hyphenation: re?so?lu?tion
Noun
resolution (countable and uncountable, plural resolutions)
- A strong will, determination.
- The state of being resolute.
- A statement of intent, a vow
- The act of discerning detail.
- (computing, photography) The degree of fineness with which an image can be recorded or produced, often expressed as the number of pixels per unit of length (typically an inch).
- (computing) The number of pixels in an image being stored or displayed.
- (computing) The process of determining the meaning of a symbol or address; lookup.
- name resolution
- (mathematics) The act or process of solving; solution.
- the resolution of an equation
- A formal statement adopted by an assembly, or during any other formal meeting.
- The resolution was passed by a two-thirds majority.
- (sciences) The separation of the constituent parts (of a spectrum etc).
- (sciences) The degree of fineness of such a separation.
- (music) Progression from dissonance to consonance; a chord to which such progression is made.
- (literature) The moment in which the conflict ends and the outcome of the action is clear.
- (medicine) In a pathological process, the phase during which pathogens and damaged tissues are removed by macrophages.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:obstinacy
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See also
- polygon resolution
- texture resolution
References
- resolution on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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