Selection

Selection may refer to:

Science

 * Selection (biology), also called natural selection, selection in evolution
 * Sex selection, in genetics
 * Mate selection, in mating
 * Sexual selection in humans, in human sexuality
 * Human mating strategies, in human sexuality
 * Social selection, within social groups
 * Selection (linguistics), the ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments
 * Selection in schools, the admission of students on the basis of selective criteria
 * Selection effect, a distortion of data arising from the way that the data are collected
 * A selection, or choice function, a function that selects an element from a set

Religion

 * Divine selection, selection by God
 * Papal selection, selection by clergy

Computing

 * Selection (user interface)
 * X Window selection
 * Selection (genetic algorithm)
 * Selection (relational algebra)
 * Selection-based search, a search engine system in which the user invokes a search query using only the mouse
 * Selection algorithm, an algorithm that finds the kth smallest number in a list

Other uses

 * Preselection (or selection) of candidates in British elections
 * Selection (Australian history), an area of crown land acquired under legislation
 * Selected (album), the compilation album by Recoil
 * Selection (album), by 54•40
 * Selection (Nazi concentration camps)
 * The Selection, a novel by Kiera Cass
 * A store brand used by Metro Inc.