Concept cluster: Positive qualities > Selection or choosing
v
To theorize based on analysis of data that was gathered previously; to reflect.
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self-selection
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selected by bioselection
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The storage of a material specimen under specified temperature, humidity for a specified time prior to testing.
adj
(genetics) That can give rise to contraselection
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The simultaneous selection of two or more things
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To undergo counterselection
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Selection that removes unwanted characteristics.
adj
(biology) Relating to counterselection
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(advertising) A method of advertising research measuring the percentage of people who remember seeing an advertisement the day after it was shown on television.
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(obsolete) One's design or plan; an objective, an undertaking.
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The process of downselecting.
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Alternative spelling of future-proof [(transitive) To make ready to meet potential future requirements, or make use of potential future opportunities.]
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Alternative spelling of future-proof [(transitive) To make ready to meet potential future requirements, or make use of potential future opportunities.]
n
The act of initiating, or the process of being initiated or introduced
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Alternative form of précises; Third-person singular simple present indicative form of precis
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A determinant of what will follow.
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A predictor variable.
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One who or that which adds a prefix.
adj
Before Prohibition (period during which alcoholic beverages were restricted or banned).
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The act or result of prescinding.
adj
Of a procedure, specified to a great degree of detail; established as following a strict procedure or set of rules.
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Selection, array.
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(biology) The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ
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The bias introduced by the selection of individuals, groups, or data for analysis in such a way that proper randomization is not achieved, thereby ensuring that the sample obtained is not representative of the population intended to be analyzed.
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Of or pertaining to selection.
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(biology) Of or relating to natural selection.
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(physics) selection from a superposition of states
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(physics) Relating to superselection.
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A form of selection bias in which only the people or things that "survived" some process are considered, while those that did not are inadvertently overlooked because of their lack of visibility.
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Something which typifies or serves as a type

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