selector

Academic Word List, sublist 2.

About 1.15 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Someone or something which selects or chooses.
2. noun An administrator responsible for selecting which players will play for a side.
3. noun A matching expression in a stylesheet determining which elements in the markup are affected by a style.
4. noun A pointer to a structure describing a segment of memory.
5. noun A text string transmitted to a Gopher server, identifying the resource to be retrieved.
6. noun A disc jockey.
7. noun A person who is entitled to choose a tract of Crown land to purchase.

Similar words

selector switch selection chooser choosing choice built-in change shifter separation sel

Often followed by

switch is to and for in lever of switches

Word family

select selected selecting selection selections selective selectively selectors selects