selector

/ (sɪˈlɛktə) /

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noun

a person or thing that selects

a device used in automatic telephone switching that connects one circuit with any one of a number of other circuits

British a person who chooses the members of a sports team

Australian the holder of a tract of land acquired by free-selection

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Words nearby selector

selective stain, selective synchronization, selective transmission, selectivity, selectman, selector, selectorate, selegiline hydrochloride, selen-, selenate, Selene

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A selector's boy, riding into sight at the moment, was hailed.
Colonial Born|G. Firth Scott
Turn the VHF channel selector knob to the channel number desired.
Zenith Television Receiver Operating Manual|Zenith Radio Corporation
Our "Notes" are, for the most part, from new books, and a similar object is explained in our "Selector."
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction|Various
Plans were formulated for a high-speed transmission line to a control unit on a selector channel at the computer center.
On-Line Data-Acquisition Systems in Nuclear Physics, 1969|H. W. Fulbright et al.

Jordan dully punched the telecom selector and a view became fixed on the screen.
Accidental Flight|Floyd L. Wallace

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