plural of selection bias

(biology) An evolutionary strategy that favors an individual organism's close kin over itself.

An action (or series of actions) that, when performed, automatically selects a preferred outcome of several possible outcomes, depending on the actions of other actors.

Alternative spelling of nonselective

The collection of recyclable waste separately from that which is not recyclable.

plural of selective collection

(evolutionary theory) A process by which heritable traits conferring survival and reproductive advantage to individuals, or related individuals, tend to be passed on to succeeding generations and become more frequent in a population, whereas other less favourable traits tend to become eliminated; the differential survival and reproduction of phenotypes.

(physics) Any of several general rules concerning the transitions between the states of a quantum mechanical system; they derive from the symmetry properties of the states and of their interactions

The tendency to interpret information in a way that supports what one already believes.

(firearms) The ability to choose whether a weapon fires automatically or semi-automatically.