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Selection is a related term of array.


As nouns the difference between selection and array

is that selection is selection while array is clothing and ornamentation.

As a verb array is

to clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire.

selection

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • The process or act of .
    • The large number of good candidates made selection difficult.
  • Something selected.
    • My final selection was a 1934 Chateau Lafitte.
  • A variety of items taken from a larger collection.
    • I've brought a selection of fine cheeses to go with your wine.
  • A musical piece.
    • For my next selection , I'll play ''Happy Birthday'' in F-sharp minor.

    Derived terms

    * ambidirectional selection * apostatic selection * artificial selection * asexual selection * background selection * balancing selection * compatibility selection * counterselection * deme selection * demic selection * directional selection * disruptive selection * diversifying selection * ecological selection * environmental selection * eugenic selection * fecundity selection * frequency-dependent selection * gametic selection * gene selection * genetic selection * genic selection * group selection * hierarchical selection * higher-level selection * individual selection * inevitable selection * interdeme selection * interdemic selection * intersexual selection * interspecies selection * intrademe selection * intrademic selection * intrasexual selection * intraspecies selection * kin selection * lower-level selection * multilevel selection (MLS) * natural selection * natural selectional * natural selectionary * negative selection * organismal selection * organismic selection * panselection * panselectionism * panselectionist * positive selection * purified selection * purifying selection * selectional * selectionary * selectionism * selectionist * selection rule * sexual selection * simultaneous selection * species selection * stabilising selection, stabilizing selection * strong selection * supraorgamismal selection * survival selection * theory of natural selection * unit of selection * viability selection * weak selection

    Related terms

    * elect * election * elective * elite, * elitism, * elitist, * panselective * panselectivist * select * selectable * selectability * selectance * selectee * selective * selectively * selectiveness * selectivity * selectly * selectman * selectness * selector

    Synonyms

    * choice * (musical piece) number * (something selected) option * (musical piece) piece * (variety from larger collection) subset

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    Anagrams

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    array

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Clothing and ornamentation.
    • (Dryden)
  • A collection laid out to be viewed in full.
  • An orderly series, arrangement or sequence.
  • * Prescott
    • a gallant array of nobles and cavaliers
  • Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle.
    • drawn up in battle array
  • * Gibbon
    • wedged together in the closest array
  • A large collection.
  • * Byron
    • their long array of sapphire and of gold
    We offer a dazzling array of choices.
  • * {{quote-news, year=2011
    • , date=October 23 , author=Phil McNulty , title=Man Utd 1 - 6 Man City , work=BBC Sport citation , page= , passage=Mario Balotelli, in the headlines for accidentally setting his house ablaze with fireworks, put City on their way with goals either side of the interval as United struggled to contain the array of attacking talent in front of them.}}
  • (programming) Any of various data structures designed to hold multiple elements of the same type; especially , a data structure that holds these elements in adjacent memory locations so that they may be retrieved using numeric indices.
  • (legal) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impanelled in a cause; the panel itself; or the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court.
  • (military) A militia.

    • Usage notes

    * (any of various data structures) The exact usage of the term , and of related terms, generally depends on the programming language. For example, many languages distinguish a fairly low-level "array" construct from a higher-level "list" or "vector" construct. Some languages distinguish between an "array" and a variety of "associative array"; others have only the latter concept, calling it an "array".

    Derived terms

    * * * * *

    Antonyms

    * (orderly series) disarray

    See also

    * (any of various data structures) ones-based indexing, zero-based indexing

    Verb

  • To clothe and ornament; to adorn or attire
    • He was arrayed in his finest robes and jewels.
  • To lay out in an orderly arrangement; to deploy or marshal
  • (legal) To set in order, as a jury, for the trial of a cause; that is, to call them one at a time.
    • (Blackstone)