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tending to select; characterized by careful choice; "an exceptionally quick and selective reader"- John Mason Brown characterized by very careful or fastidious selection; "the school was very selective in its admissions"
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| selectivity |
the property of being selective
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| selection |
choice: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick" an assortment of things from which a choice can be made; "the store carried a large selection of shoes" choice: the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor" survival: a natural process resulting in the evolution of organisms best adapted to the environment excerpt: a passage selected from a larger work; "he presented excerpts from William James' philosophical writings"
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| selective amnesia |
amnesia about particular events that is very convenient for the person who cannot remember; "why do politicians always develop selective amnesia when questioned about their transgressions?"
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| selection coefficient |
a measure of the disadvantage in survival value of a given genotype as compared with that of a standard genotype in a population.
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