selective
See also: sélective
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Adjective edit
selective (comparative more selective, superlative most selective)
- Of or relating to the process of selection.
- 2016, Xingming Sun, Alex Liu, Han-Chieh Chao, Cloud Computing and Security: Second International Conference, ICCCS 2016, Nanjing, China, July 29-31, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (part 2, page 579)
- The selective algorithm excludes the redundant classifiers to construct a streamlined ensemble learning.
- 2016, Xingming Sun, Alex Liu, Han-Chieh Chao, Cloud Computing and Security: Second International Conference, ICCCS 2016, Nanjing, China, July 29-31, 2016, Revised Selected Papers (part 2, page 579)
- (biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
- selective pressure
- (of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.
- He's very selective and spent hours in the store choosing a new shirt.
- (chiefly US, not comparable) Having the authority or capability to make a selection.
- In the USA, military conscription is controlled by the Selective Service.
- Of or relating to the social work approach called selectivity.
- 2006, Francis J. Turner, Encyclopedia of Canadian Social Work, page 189:
- Eligibility criteria form the essence of selective programs and individuals are evaluated using a means test.
Derived terms edit
- anxioselective
- atroposelective
- autoselective
- cardioselective
- celecoxib
- chemoselective
- counterselective
- cytoselective
- enantioselective
- hepatoselective
- immunoselective
- ion-selective electrode
- ion selective electrode
- ion-selective membrane
- isoselective
- metaselective
- microselective
- monoselective
- nanoselective
- neuroselective
- nonselective
- non-selective
- orthoselective
- overselective
- paraselective
- phosphoselective
- photoselective
- postselective
- potassium selective electrode
- preselective
- regioselective
- sartan
- selective advantage
- selective breeding
- selective collection
- selective compression
- selective distortion
- selective eating disorder
- selective fire
- selectively
- selectively mute
- selective memory
- selective mutism
- selectiveness
- selective school
- selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor
- selective yellow
- selegiline
- selepressin
- semiselective
- stereoselective
- subselective
- superselective
- supraselective
- ultraselective
- underselective
- unselective
- uroselective
Related terms edit
Translations edit
of or pertaining to the process of selection
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of or relating to natural selection
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choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting
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References edit
- “selective”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.