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Selection vs Filter - What's the difference?

selection | filter |

As nouns the difference between selection and filter

is that selection is the process or act of selecting while filter is a device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.

As a verb filter is

to sort, sift, or isolate.

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

    Synonyms

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

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    filter

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A device which separates a suspended, dissolved, or particulate matter from a fluid, solution, or other substance; any device that separates one substance from another.
  • Electronics or software that separates unwanted signals (for example noise) from wanted signals or that attenuates selected frequencies.
  • Any item, mechanism, device or procedure that acts to separate or isolate.
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  • (mathematics, order theory) A non-empty upper set (of a partially ordered set) which is closed under binary infima (a.k.a. meets).
  • The collection of cofinite subsets of ''?'' is a filter under inclusion: it includes the intersection of every pair of its members, and includes every superset of every cofinite set.
    If (1) the universal set (here, the set of natural numbers) were called a "large" set, (2) the superset of any "large" set were also a "large" set, and (3) the intersection of a pair of "large" sets were also a "large" set, then the set of all "large" sets would form a filter .

    Antonyms

    * (order theory) ideal

    Hyponyms

    * (order theory) ultrafilter

    Derived terms

    * air filter * cigarette filter * fuel filter * oil filter * glare filter

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To sort, sift, or isolate.
  • * This strainer should filter out the large particles.
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  • To diffuse; to cause to be less concentrated or focused.
  • * The leaves of the trees filtered the light.
  • To pass through a filter or to act as though passing through a filter.
  • * The water filtered through the rock and soil.
  • To move slowly or gradually; to come or go a few at a time.
  • * The crowd filtered into the theater.
  • To ride a motorcycle between lanes on a road
  • * I can skip past all the traffic on my bike by filtering .
  • Synonyms

    * to filter out (something)

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