Rejection
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The word "rejection" was first used in 1415. The original meaning was "to throw" or "to throw back".
Rejection may mean:
Rejection may also refer to:
Rejection may mean:
- Social rejectionSocial rejectionSocial rejection occurs when an individual is deliberately excluded from a social relationship or social interaction. The topic includes both interpersonal rejection and romantic rejection. A person can be rejected on an individual basis or by an entire group of people...
, in psychology, an interpersonal situation that occurs when a person or group of people exclude an individual from a social relationship - Transplant rejectionTransplant rejectionTransplant rejection occurs when transplanted tissue is rejected by the recipient's immune system, which destroys the transplanted tissue. Transplant rejection can be lessened by determining the molecular similitude between donor and recipient and by use of immunosuppressant drugs after...
, in medicine, the immune reaction of a host organism to a foreign biological tissue, such as in a transplantation - Electronic selectivityElectronic selectivitySelectivity is a measure of the performance of a radio receiver to respond only to the radio signal it is tuned to and reject other signals nearby in frequency, such as another broadcast on an adjacent channel....
, in telecommunications, rejection is the receiving of the desired signal without interference from another undesired one. - In basketball, rejection is a slang term for a blockBlock (basketball)In basketball, a block , not to be confused with blocking, occurs when a defensive player legally deflects a field goal attempt from an offensive player. The defender must not touch the offensive player's hands or otherwise a foul is called. In order to be legal, the block must occur while the shot...
- Rejection samplingRejection samplingIn mathematics, rejection sampling is a basic pseudo-random number sampling technique used to generate observations from a distribution. It is also commonly called the acceptance-rejection method or "accept-reject algorithm"....
, in mathematics, a technique used to generate observations from a distribution - In zoology, the shunning of one or more animals in a litterLitter (animal)A litter is the offspring at one birth of animals from the same mother and usually from one set of parents. The word is most often used for the offspring of mammals, but can be used for any animal that gives birth to multiple young. In comparison, a group of eggs and the offspring that hatch from...
Rejection may also refer to:
- A song by Martin SolveigMartin SolveigMartin Picandet, better known under his stage name Martin Solveig is a French electronic music DJ and producer from Paris. He also hosts a weekly radio show called "C'est La Vie" on stations worldwide including FG DJ Radio in his homeland...
- Perfection, Nevada, a fictional town in the Tremors film and T.V. series, originally named Rejection