selector
noun/səˈlɛktər/
Frequency rank: #10,991 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a person or thing that selects, or a pattern used to identify elements to be styled or targeted.
Example sentence
The web developer used a CSS selector to apply styles to specific elements on the page.
Synonyms & related words
- filter
- picker
- chooser
- identifier
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