(obsolete or dialectal) Happiness, fortune. / (obsolete or dialectal, Britain) The right time or occasion for something, an opportune moment, season / greeting, salutation

plural of sele

A surname from Hungarian.

A nonmetallic chemical element (symbol Se) with an atomic number of 34, used mainly in glassmaking and pigments and as a semiconductor. / A single atom of this element.

(chiefly) The scientific study of the Moon’s movements in the heavens and the kinetic influences it has upon and it receives from other astronomical bodies.

Of or relating to the process of selection. / (biology) Of or relating to natural selection. / (of a person) choosy, fussy or discriminating when selecting.

Privileged, specially selected. / Of high quality; top-notch.

To choose one or more elements of a set, especially a set of options. / (databases) To obtain a set of data from a database using a query.

(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.

The process or act of selecting. / Something selected. / A variety of items taken from a larger collection. / A musical piece. / (databases) A set of data obtained from a database using a query.