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Definitions: Selector |
SelectorNoun1. A person who chooses or selects out. 2. A switch that is used to select among alternatives. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Selector \Se*lect"or\, noun. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Computing | Selector |
Electrical Engineering | An armature located at one column of the matrix, which, immediately after the horizontal bar has been actuated, is rotated by a holding magnet to establish a connection at the crosspoint. Source: European Union. (references) |
| An electromechanical device that, in response to the appropriate control signals, provides a connection through a particular stage of the switching network of an automatic switching system. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A device for changing the connections of one or more electric circuits. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A device which in response to the appropriate control signals, connects an input path to one of a number of output paths, or which connects one of a number of input paths to an output path. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Meteorology & Standards | A sub-assembly designed to provide an output signal for each input pulse of which a specified characteristic, e. g. amplitude, rise time, duration, etc. , lies between two specified limits. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | In copper smelting, a kind of converter with horizontal tuyeres, to produce bottoms and a purified copper in one operation. (references) |
Occupations | Inspects finished or partially finished hats, caps, hat parts, and millinery for defects and damage, and repairs less extensive flaws: Examines articles for irregularities, such as faulty coloring, shaping, sizing, and stitching. Rejects or returns extensively damaged articles to originating department for repair. Informs supervisor regarding types of article defects or damage. Repairs less extensive damage, performing any combination of following tasks: Trims excess material and loose or protruding threads, using clippers or scissors. Removes spots or stains from article, using sponge and water, and brushes surface of hat to remove dust or foreign matter. Applies sizing solution to cover holes or thin spots, using dauber or brush. Resews loose stitches and size tags, using needle and thread. Hangs or stacks hats and caps on rack or on table for packing. May be designated according to specific inspection function as Hat-Body Inspector (hat & cap); Hat-Cone Inspector (hat & cap); Trimming Inspector (hat & cap). (references) |
| Inspects finished glassware for conformance to quality standards: Examines glassware for defects, such as cracks, chips, reams (wavy distortions), discolorations, and blisters. Verifies weight and dimensions of glassware, such as height, circumference, thickness, and bottle throat openings, using templates, jigs, micrometers, and fixed gauges; or monitors automatic gauging equipment that measures glassware. Examines glass for annealing defects, using polariscope. Removes glassware to unjam automatic equipment. Throws rejects in cullet (waste glass) bin. May record production, number of rejects, and lehr temperatures. May pack acceptable glassware in cartons, close and seal cartons, and stencil information on carton, using brush and ink. May turn controls to synchronize automatic gauging equipment with conveyor speed. (references) | |
| Classifies smoking pipe stummels according to quality of briar and length of shank: Examines stummels for defects, such as cracks, splits, and decayed wood. Measures length of shank, using gauge. Classifies stummels according to specifications for each grade and places them in designated boxes. Dips high grade stummels in alcohol to bring out grain of briar and sorts them according to distinctiveness of grain. Discards defective briars. May inspect damaged pipes to determine method of salvage. (references) | |
| Inspects cigars from fresh-work cigar machine to determine conformance to standards: Weighs random bundles of cigars to determine whether cigars are of prescribed weight and notifies SUPERVISOR, CIGAR-MAKING MACHINE (tobacco) when weight is not standard. Inspects cigars for broken tobacco wrappers, soft spots, defective patches, and variations from standard length and discards defective cigars. May place full boxes of perfect cigars in case. (references) | |
| Trims and cleans animal hides, using knife: Places hide on table and cuts off superfluous fat, flesh, ragged edges, and parts, such as ears, snout, skin, and tail. Spreads hide on floor, skin side up, to prepare them for inspection. May separate hides according to size, weight, and condition. May be designated according to animal hide trimmed as Calfskin Trimmer (meat products); Cow Trimmer (meat products); Pigskin Trimmer (meat products). (references) | |
| Sorts tobacco leaves according to color and condition for use as cigar wrappers or binders: Selects leaves without obvious defects from bundle and lays them on booker bench (curved-top stand over which leaves are draped). Examines leaves for color variations, tears, tar spots, tight grain, and size under specifications. Places leaves not suitable for wrapper in separate pile. Folds wrapper leaves into bundles for stripping. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonyms: SelectorSynonyms: chooser (n), picker (n), selector switch (n). (additional references) |
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| "Selector" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.83% of the time. "Selector" is used about 171 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.83% | 169 | 23,972 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.17% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 171 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "selector": 500 points selector ♦ audio selector panel ♦ channel selector ♦ discriminating selector ♦ discriminating selector repeater ♦ discriminating selector working ♦ frequency selector ♦ linefinder selector ♦ omnibearing selector ♦ pulse selector ♦ selector switch ♦ station selector ♦ subscribers'line and final selector unit. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "selector": selector-coach, selector-nudging, selector-switch. | |
Ending with "selector": game-selector, pre-selector. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
bbs selector | 1,512 | pet selector | 13 |
dog breed selector | 149 | color selector | 13 |
half life selector sound | 125 | choice selector | 12 |
speaker selector | 101 | component video selector | 12 |
selector | 88 | stock selector | 11 |
os selector | 83 | av selector | 11 |
breed selector | 51 | system selector | 11 |
remote selector | 48 | flash.to selector | 10 |
dog selector | 33 | bo selector | 10 |
a v selector | 32 | breed cat selector | 10 |
video selector | 27 | color paint selector | 10 |
board selector | 24 | links.to selector | 9 |
selector zone | 23 | s video selector | 8 |
audio video selector | 23 | paint selector | 8 |
selector switch | 22 | half life pack selector sound sound | 8 |
acronis os selector | 19 | quot quot selector speaker | 8 |
speaker selector switch | 18 | peek selector stream | 8 |
hair selector style | 18 | hl selector sound | 8 |
hard drive selector | 17 | control selector speaker volume | 8 |
selector tire | 14 | selector valve | 7 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "selector"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | selektor, seleksionues, përzgjedhës (selective), dorëz (cueist, ear, handle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | جهاز الكتروني, المنتقى, المنتخب (elect, elector), المصطفى. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | селектор, човек който подбира, човек който избира, дребен земеделец. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 选择器. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | selektor, voliè (constituent, elector, voter), trenér (coach, trainer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | selektor (pulse selector), vaelger (elector, selecting switch, selector switch), vælger (pulse selector), omskifter (change-over switch, commutator, reverser, selector switch, switch), omskiftekontakt (change-over switch, selector switch), omkobler (change-over switch, selector switch, switch), nummervaelger, impulsvælger (pulse selector), impulsselektor (pulse selector), finrensemaskine (cleaner-separator, separator), broanker med løftebom (holding bar, vertical, vertical bar), bro (bridge, dome, floor, holding bar, jumper, navigating bridge, platform, pressure dome, vertical, vertical bar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | selector (pulse selector), schakelaar (circuit-breaker, contactor, relay, switch), zoeker (gunsight, sight, viewfinder, view-finder), verticale selectieschakelaar (holding bar, vertical, vertical bar), pulsselector (pulse selector), omschakelaar (change-over switch, selector switch), kiezer (elector, hunter, selecting switch, selector switch), kiesschijf (dial), kiesschakelaar (change-over switch, selector switch), keuzeschakelaar (change-over switch, selector switch), graansorteerder (cleaner-separator, separator). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | valitsin (pulse selector), valitsija (choice device, voter), valintakytkin (change-over switch, selector switch), vaihtokytkin (change-over switch, selector switch), pystykoordinaattivalitsin (holding bar, vertical, vertical bar), pulssivalitsin (pulse selector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | sélectionneur (separator), sélecteur (selecting switch, selector switch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Selektor (selektor), Wählschalter (change-over switch, selector switch), Wähler (constituent, dialer, elector, electors, holding bar, vertical, vertical bar, voter, voters), Sortierer (marker, screen, selectors, sorter, woollen sorter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κατακόρυφη ράβδος (holding bar, vertical, vertical bar), ράβδος συγκράτησης (holding bar, vertical, vertical bar), εκλέκτορασ (elector), επιλογέας κόκκων (cleaner-separator, separator), επιλογέας παλμών (pulse selector), επιλογέας (dispatcher, selecting switch, selector switch), διάταξη επιλογής (dial), διακόπτης επιλογής (change-over switch, selector switch), διακόπτης αναστροφής (change-over switch, selector switch), διαχωριστήρας κόκκων (cleaner-separator, separator), διαλέκτησ (assorter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | választó (dividing, elector, parting, voter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | selettore (change-over switch, pulse selector, selecting switch, selector switch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 選者 (judge), セル付 (10^-2, a center, bottle cap, celery, cellophane tape, center, centering, centi-, centimeter, centre, ceremony, facility providing funeral services, good sense, Scotch tape, select, selection, selenium, sensation, sensational, sensor, serenade, stopper, with a self-starter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | せ"じゃ (author, compiler, editor, judge), セレクタ . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 별기. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | teiyder (chooser, constituent, gatherer, picker, voter), reihder (chooser, elector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | electorsay separador de grãos (cleaner-separator, separator), seletor (dial, selective), selector (pulse selector, selecting switch, selector switch), selecionador (gradient), seleccionador (cleaner-separator, separator), pessoa que escolhe, interruptor selector (change-over switch, selector switch), comutador selector (change-over switch, selector switch), comutador (alterable switch, alternation switch, change-over switch, commutator, light-switch, program switch, rotary converter, rotary convertor, rotary transformer, selector switch, sense switch, switch), barra vertical (holding bar, vertical, vertical bar). (various references) селектор, отборщик, мелкий фермер (petty farmer), искатель (finder, searcher, seeker). (various references) selektor, birač (constituent, elector). (various references) selector (dial, pulse selector, selecting switch, selector switch), seleccionador (trier). (various references) väljare (choice device, chooser, constituent, elector, switch, vote, voter). (various references) selektör (dimmer switch), seçici (choosing, discriminating, picky, selecting, selective), ayırıcı (diacritic, discriminating, disjunctive, distinctive, separator, sizer, sorter, trap). (various references) селектор (chooser), відбірник, дрібний фермер (crofter). (various references) người lựa chọn (chooser, optant, sorter). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "selector": selectors. (additional references) | |
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"Selector" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Delecour, salustro, Seleccao, selecter, selectory, sellatory, Senecto. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: corselet, electors, electros. | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-e-l-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: colters, corslet, costrel, creoles, elector, electro, lectors, soleret, tercels. | |
-2 letters: ceorls, certes, closer, closet, colter, corset, coster, creels, creole, cresol, elects, erects, escort, lector, ostler, rectos, relets, resect, resole, scoter, secret, sector, select, stereo, sterol, streel, tercel, terces. | |
-3 letters: celts, ceorl, ceres, ceros, cetes, close, clots, coles, colts, cores, corse, coset, cotes, creel. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-e-l-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: corelates, corselets, coverlets, electrons, reclothes, relocates, selectors. | |
+2 letters: bracteoles, centrioles, cerecloths, clerestory, cloistered, correlates, corselette, cotterless, deflectors, electrodes, florescent, forecastle, latecomers, percolates, recollects, reflectors, relocatees, telecourse, tolerances, tracheoles. | |
+3 letters: aeroelastic, brocatelles, ceilometers, celebrators, centerfolds, cholesteric, cholesterol, clinometers, corselettes, coulometers, cyclometers, edulcorates, elastomeric, electorates, electrojets, electroless, electronics, enterocoels, fluorescent, forecastles, hectoliters, helicopters, isoelectric, prelections, projectiles, reallocates, reelections, reflections, sclerometer, sclerotized, telecourses, tricolettes. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 65 6C 65 63 74 6F 72 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... . .-.. . -.-. - --- .-. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100101 01101100 01100101 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S e l e c t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0065 006C 0065 0063 0074 006F 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5371787169868184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Derivations 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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