See artificial selection on Wiktionary
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Charles Darwin",
"in": "1859"
},
"expansion": "Coined by Charles Darwin in 1859",
"name": "coin"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Coined by Charles Darwin in 1859 in his book On the Origin of Species.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "artificial selection (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Entries with translation boxes",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant script codes",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with 1 entry",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Pages with entries",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Armenian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Cantonese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Danish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Dutch translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with French translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Georgian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with German translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Greek translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Italian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Latvian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mandarin translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Mongolian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Polish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Portuguese translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Romanian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Russian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Spanish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Swedish translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"parents": [],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Evolutionary theory",
"orig": "en:Evolutionary theory",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Sciences",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits."
],
"id": "en-artificial_selection-en-noun-C5QeCwwK",
"links": [
[
"evolutionary theory",
"evolutionary theory"
],
[
"Intervention",
"intervention"
],
[
"human",
"human"
],
[
"breeding",
"breeding"
],
[
"plant",
"plant"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
],
[
"genetic",
"genetic"
],
[
"trait",
"trait"
]
],
"qualifier": "evolutionary theory",
"raw_glosses": [
"(evolutionary theory) Intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "natural selection"
},
{
"word": "sexual selection"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "selective breeding"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "arhestakan əntrutʻyun",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "արհեստական ընտրություն"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selecció artificial"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人工選擇"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jan⁴ gung¹ syun² zaak⁶",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人工选择"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人擇"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jan⁴ zaak⁶",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人择"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人工選擇"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "réngōng xuǎnzé",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人工选择"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人擇"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rénzé",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人择"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kunstig selektion"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kunstigt utvalg"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kunstmatige selectie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "keinotekoinen valinta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "valintajalostus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sélection artificielle"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xelovnuri gadarčeva",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "ხელოვნური გადარჩევა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xelovnuri selekcia",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "ხელოვნური სელექცია"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "selekciuri gamravleba",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "სელექციური გამრავლება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "künstliche Selektion"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "künstliche Auswahl"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "technití epilogí",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "τεχνητή επιλογή"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selezione artificiale"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mākslīgā izlase"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "zoriudyn šalgaral",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "зориудын шалгарал"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kunstig seleksjon"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kunstig utvalg"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kunstig seleksjon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kunstig utval"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dobór sztuczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seleção artificial"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selecție artificială"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iskússtvennyj otbór",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "иску́сственный отбо́р"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selección artificial"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "artificiellt urval"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "štúčnyj dobír",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шту́чний добі́р"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "štúčnyj vidbír",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шту́чний відбі́р"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"On the Origin of Species",
"artificial selection"
]
}
],
"word": "artificial selection"
}
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Charles Darwin",
"in": "1859"
},
"expansion": "Coined by Charles Darwin in 1859",
"name": "coin"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Coined by Charles Darwin in 1859 in his book On the Origin of Species.",
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "-"
},
"expansion": "artificial selection (uncountable)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "natural selection"
},
{
"word": "sexual selection"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English coinages",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English terms coined by Charles Darwin",
"English uncountable nouns",
"Entries with translation boxes",
"Mongolian terms with redundant script codes",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Terms with Armenian translations",
"Terms with Cantonese translations",
"Terms with Catalan translations",
"Terms with Danish translations",
"Terms with Dutch translations",
"Terms with Finnish translations",
"Terms with French translations",
"Terms with Georgian translations",
"Terms with German translations",
"Terms with Greek translations",
"Terms with Italian translations",
"Terms with Latvian translations",
"Terms with Mandarin translations",
"Terms with Mongolian translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
"Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
"Terms with Polish translations",
"Terms with Portuguese translations",
"Terms with Romanian translations",
"Terms with Russian translations",
"Terms with Spanish translations",
"Terms with Swedish translations",
"Terms with Ukrainian translations",
"en:Evolutionary theory"
],
"glosses": [
"Intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits."
],
"links": [
[
"evolutionary theory",
"evolutionary theory"
],
[
"Intervention",
"intervention"
],
[
"human",
"human"
],
[
"breeding",
"breeding"
],
[
"plant",
"plant"
],
[
"animal",
"animal"
],
[
"genetic",
"genetic"
],
[
"trait",
"trait"
]
],
"qualifier": "evolutionary theory",
"raw_glosses": [
"(evolutionary theory) Intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals in order to preserve selected genetic traits."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "selective breeding"
}
],
"tags": [
"uncountable"
],
"wikipedia": [
"On the Origin of Species",
"artificial selection"
]
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "arhestakan əntrutʻyun",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "արհեստական ընտրություն"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selecció artificial"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人工選擇"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jan⁴ gung¹ syun² zaak⁶",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人工选择"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人擇"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "jan⁴ zaak⁶",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人择"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人工選擇"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "réngōng xuǎnzé",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人工选择"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人擇"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rénzé",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "人择"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "kunstig selektion"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kunstigt utvalg"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "kunstmatige selectie"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "keinotekoinen valinta"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "valintajalostus"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sélection artificielle"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xelovnuri gadarčeva",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "ხელოვნური გადარჩევა"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "xelovnuri selekcia",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "ხელოვნური სელექცია"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "selekciuri gamravleba",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "სელექციური გამრავლება"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "künstliche Selektion"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "künstliche Auswahl"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "technití epilogí",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "τεχνητή επιλογή"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selezione artificiale"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mākslīgā izlase"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "zoriudyn šalgaral",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"word": "зориудын шалгарал"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kunstig seleksjon"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kunstig utvalg"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kunstig seleksjon"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "kunstig utval"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "dobór sztuczny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "seleção artificial"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selecție artificială"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "iskússtvennyj otbór",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "иску́сственный отбо́р"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "selección artificial"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "artificiellt urval"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "štúčnyj dobír",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шту́чний добі́р"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "štúčnyj vidbír",
"sense": "intervention by humans in the breeding of plants or animals",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "шту́чний відбі́р"
}
],
"word": "artificial selection"
}
Download raw JSONL data for artificial selection meaning in All languages combined (8.4kB)
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-15 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (8a39820 and 4401a4c). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.