antecedent vs selector

antecedent

noun
  • A word, phrase or clause referred to by a pronoun. 

  • The first term of a ratio, i.e. the term a in the ratio a:b, the other being the consequent. 

  • An ancestor. 

  • Previous principles, conduct, history, etc. 

  • Any thing that precedes another thing, especially the cause of the second thing. 

  • The first of two subsets of a sequent, consisting of all the sequent's formulae which are valuated as true. 

  • The conditional part of a hypothetical proposition, i.e. p→q, where p is the antecedent, and q is the consequent. 

adj
  • Earlier, either in time or in order. 

  • Presumptive. 

selector

noun
  • Someone or something which selects or chooses. 

  • An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side. 

  • A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style. 

  • A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved. 

  • A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase. 

  • A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory. 

  • A disc jockey. 

How often have the words antecedent and selector occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )