post-selectionn.adj.
/ˌpəʊs(t)sᵻˈlɛkʃn/, U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)səˈlɛkʃ(ə)n/ A. n.
Selection (originally, natural selection) occurring at a later time or subsequent to another process.
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natural selection1842
selection1857
survival of the fittest1864
selection value1892
organic selection1896
post-selection1896
orthoselection1907
survival value1912
kin selection1964
r selection1967
the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [noun] > selecting from a number or for a purpose > subsequent selection
post-selection1941
1896 C. S. Minot in Amer. Naturalist 30 97 The formation and conservation of the ‘Anlage’..are due to selection working..indirectly through preservation of the fully developed organ... For the conception itself there has been hitherto..no definite term, I propose, therefore, to call it ‘Post-selection’ (in German, ‘Nachauslese’).
1900 Science 30 Mar. 503/1 An organ in the process of being perfected by selection may be crowded into the early stages of ontogeny by post selection.
1941 J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man ii. 56 Once the immigrants were established in the country, selection continued. This post-selection..must on the whole have encouraged and discouraged the same qualities favoured by pre-selection.
1999 Conservation Biol. 13 1299/1 A solution may be a post-selection of the islands harboring target species but not included in the minimum set.
B. adj.
Occurring after selection; of or relating to a time after selection.
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post-selection1946
the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > types of choice > [adjective] > selecting > occurring after selection
post-selection1946
1946 Nature 7 Sept. 320/2 The main business of post-selection training for the Colonial Service will be carried out for the present in the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and London.
1977 A. W. F. Edwards Found. Math. Genetics iii. 23 Starting at the point representing zygotic proportions before selection.., the population will move to the corresponding post-selection point.
1993 Industr. Law Jrnl. (BNC) June 101 Safeguards would have to be built into the use of post-selection, pre-placement medical examinations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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