induction vs selection

induction

noun
  • An act of inducing. 

  • Derivation of general principles from specific instances. 

  • A method of proof of a theorem by first proving it for a specific case (often an integer; usually 0 or 1) and showing that, if it is true for one case then it must be true for the next. 

  • An act of inducting. 

  • The process of inducing the birth process. 

  • The delivery of air to the cylinders of an internal combustion piston engine. 

  • Generation of an electric current by a varying magnetic field. 

  • A formal ceremony in which a person is appointed to an office or into military service. 

  • The process of showing a newcomer around a place where they will work or study. 

  • Use of rumors to twist and complicate the plot of a play or to narrate in a way that does not have to state truth nor fact within the play. 

  • Given a group of cells that emits or displays a substance, the influence of this substance on the fate of a second group of cells 

selection

noun
  • The process or act of selecting. 

  • A variety of items taken from a larger collection. 

  • The stage of a genetic algorithm in which individual genomes are chosen from a population for later breeding. ᵂᵖ 

  • The free selection before survey of crown land in some Australian colonies under land legislation introduced in the 1860s. ᵂᵖ 

  • The ability of predicates to determine the semantic content of their arguments. ᵂᵖ 

  • A set of data obtained from a database using a query. 

  • A musical piece. 

  • Something selected. 

  • A list of items on which user operations will take place. ᵂᵖ 

  • A unary operation that denotes a subset of a relation. 

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