selectivity

1. (countable, uncountable)The quality of being selective, or extent to which something is selective.

   Selektivität, Trennschärfe

   the property of being selective

2. (countable, uncountable)The ability of a radio receiver to separate a desired signal frequency from others.

   Trennschärfe, Abstimmschärfe, Empfindlichkeit

3. (countable, uncountable)Discrimination of a reactant towards a choice of other reactants; the ratio of rate constants for different reactants.

4. (countable, uncountable)An approach to social work that prioritizes people perceived as having the most need for assistance.

1. Psychologists attribute that social selectivity to a recognition that time is growing too short to waste it on people we don’t like.

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