selection (
http://definr.com/selection)
n 1: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was
unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" [syn:
choice,
option,
pick]
2: an assortment of things from which a choice can be made;
"the store carried a large selection of shoes"
3: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for
mayor" [syn:
choice,
pick]
4: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms
best adapted to the environment [syn:
survival, {survival
of the fittest},
natural selection]
5: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented
excerpts from William James' philosophical writings" [syn:
excerpt,
extract]