{
  "id": "selection.choice",
  "term": "selection",
  "sense": "choice",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 11,
  "domain": "EmergenceLexicon",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "When differences among things lead to some persisting and others not, based on what is regular.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "difference.relation",
      "persist.continue",
      "pattern.regularity"
    ],
    "interaction": "Differences among things interact with persistence over time such that only those matching a regular pattern continue.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "outcome-based filtering",
      "non-random retention"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "select.choice",
      "type": "is-a",
      "note": "selection is a process; select is the action"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "selection",
    "selections"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-selection.choice"
}