plural of selectant

The result of a selection process

plural of selectee

plural of selectiveness

The group of people involved in making a selection, e.g. to select a party's candidate for an election. / (UK) The members of a political party with voting rights.

plural of selectorate

(biology, evolution) A form of natural selection whereby traits that may be disadvantageous to the individual can be propagated when they are advantageous to the survival of a group as a whole.

(US, basketball) The Monday in March on which the teams that participate in the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament are selected.

plural of selection sort

(computing theory) A sorting algorithm that divides the input list into two sublists — items already sorted, and items not yet sorted — and gradually transfers elements from one list to the other.