select · choice

to take one part from many that differ

Select (verb) means: to take one part from many that differ. It emerges from part, difference, take: The parts, differing from one another, are compared, and one is taken through acquisition. In the EmergenceLexicon it sits at computed level 7, chaining down to the four foundations (space, time, energy, pattern).

Examples

• The Large Hadron Collider selects proton collisions meeting specific energy thresholds from billions of interactions per second. physics
• Amazon's recommendation engine selects items based on a user's past purchases among millions of products. computing
• The US Senate filibuster rule allows a minority to select which bills come to vote by blocking others. institutions

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Chain to foundations

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Concepts that depend on this one above; what it is built from below.

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