Lexic.us

Definition of Selectivity

1. Noun. The property of being selective.

Definition of Selectivity

1. Noun. A measure of how selective something is; discrimination ¹

2. Noun. The ability of a radio receiver to separate a desired signal frequency from others. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Selectivity

1. [n -TIES]

Medical Definition of Selectivity

1. The degree to which a dose of a drug produces the desired effect in relation to adverse effects. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Selectivity

Literary usage of Selectivity

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Measurements for Competitiveness in Electronics (1994)
"Selectivity Coherent detection provides unparalleled wavelength selectivity. That is, coherent detection enables separation of very closely spaced ..."

2. University Research Management: Meeting the Institutional Challenge by Helen Connell (2004)
"Somewhat paradoxically, it may be easier to implement policies of concentration and selectivity in research funding in the newer universities than in the ..."

3. Proceedings of the FAO/IRRI Workshop on Judicious and Efficient Use of by International Rice Research Institute (1984)
"INSECTICIDE SPECIFICITY: INTRINSIC Selectivity AND OPTIMIZATION' M. Shepard and TM Brown2 Insecticide selectivity results from the intrinsic toxicity of the ..."

4. A Handbook for Weed Control in Rice by Kwesi Ampong-Nyarko, Surajit K. De Datta (1991)
"Herbicide selectivity Herbicide selectivity is very important in crop production. ... Herbicide selectivity can also be achieved during application, ..."

5. Maxwell's Theory and Wireless Telegraphy by Frederick King Vreeland, Henri Poincaré (1904)
"To escape this restriction we may have recourse to the third and last method of securing selectivity. 14. Other Means of Securing Selectivity—"Where the ..."

6. Maxwell's Theory and Wireless Telegraphy by Frederick King Vreeland, Henri Poincaré (1904)
"To escape this restriction we may have recourse to the third and last method of securing selectivity. 14. Other Means of Securing Selectivity Where the ..."

7. Radiodynamics: The Wireless Control of Torpedoes and Other Mechanisms by Benjamin Franklin Miessner (1916)
"82. ceiver some time ago, but it has the additional selectivity of one or more other circuits, besides the high-frequency and spark-tuned-circuits. ..."

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