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selector(dictionary)
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selector (iou)



selector noun. L18.
[from SELECT verb + -OR.]
1. A person who selects. L18.
b. spec. Any of a number of officials appointed to select a sports team. E20.
2. A device for selecting something; spec. (a) in a gearbox, the part that moves the gearwheels into and out of engagement; (b) in a telephone system, a mechanism which automatically establishes electrical connection with one of a group of available contacts according to the number of impulses in the incoming signal; (c) in a motor vehicle with automatic transmission, the control by which the driver selects the mode of operation of the transmission. L19.
selectorate noun [blend of SELECTOR and ELECTORATE] that section of a political party which has the effective power to choose a representative M20.
selectorial adjective of or pertaining to a selector of a sports team. M20.