Usually means: Repeatedly selects smallest remaining element.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (selection sort)

noun:  (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.

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