selector

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a control or device used to choose one of several settings or inputs

   Turn the selector to the cooling setting.

2. 2
   noun

   a person or committee responsible for choosing people or things

   Each selector submitted a shortlist of candidates.

3. 3
   noun

   in computing, a pattern that identifies elements to which a rule or operation applies

   The CSS selector targets every link in the navigation bar.

Formed from select + the agent suffix -or. Select comes from Latin seligere 'choose out,' from se- 'apart' + legere 'gather, choose.'

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