selection
selection

selective


Definition: Meaning of, selective in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / sɪˈlɛktɪv /

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  1. careful about what you choose to do, buy, allow etc
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  2. affecting or relating to the best or most suitable people or things from a larger group
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selective used in phrases

  • Selective Service (noun)
    1. an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service
  • Selective Service System (noun)
    1. an independent federal agency that administers compulsory military service
  • selective amnesia (noun)
    1. amnesia about particular events that is very convenient for the person who cannot remember
  • selective information (noun)
    1. communication theory a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome
  • selective jamming (noun)
    1. electronic jamming of a specific channel or frequency
  • selective lipectomy (noun)
    1. plastic surgery involving the breakdown and removal of fatty tissue
  • selective service (noun)
    1. military compulsory military service
  • selective-serotonin reuptake inhibitor (noun)
    1. an antidepressant drug that acts by blocking the reuptake of serotonin so that more serotonin is available to act on receptors in the brain
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