select

adj 1: of superior grade; "choice wines"; "fine wines" "prime

beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select

peaches" [syn: {choice}, {fine}, {prime(a)}, {prize},

{quality}]

2: selected or chosen for special qualifications; "the

blue-ribbon event of the season" [syn: {blue-ribbon(a)}]

v : pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives;

"Take any one of these cards"; "Choose a good husband for

your daughter"; "She selected a pair of shoes from among

the dozen the salesgirl had shown her" [syn: {choose}, {take},

{pick out}]

selector

1. In {Smalltalk} or {Objective C}, the {syntax}

of a message which selects a particular {method} in the target

{object}.

2. An operation that returns the state of an object but does

not alter that state. Selector {functions} or {method}s often

have names which begin with "get" and corresponding {modifier}

methods or {procedures} whose names begin with "set".

(1998-01-12)