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sorting

sor·ting

US/ˈsɔrtɪŋ/ fairly common uk

noun

1.

an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

  • “the bottleneck in mail delivery it the process of sorting”
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2.

the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories

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3.

grouping by class or kind or size

Phrases

  • edge sorting
  • horizontal sorting
  • pancake sorting
  • protein sorting
  • sorting office
  • sorting table
  • waste sorting

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