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Definition of Sieve

Sieve
Sieve Sieve, n. [OE. sive, AS. sife; akin to D. zeef, zift, OHG. sib, G. sieb. [root]151a. Cf. Sift.] 1. A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes. ``In a sieve thrown and sifted.' --Chaucer. 2. A kind of coarse basket. --Simmonds. Sieve cells (Bot.), cribriform cells. See under Cribriform.

Meaning of Sieve from wikipedia

- A sieve (/ˈsɪv/), fine mesh strainer, or sift is a tool used for separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for controlling the particle size...
- In mathematics, the sieve of Eratosthenes is an ancient algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to any given limit. It does so by iteratively marking...
- field sieve Large sieve Quadratic sieve Sieve of Atkin Sieve of Eratosthenes Sieve of Sundaram Sieve of Pritchard Sieve, in medicine, a "surgical sieve" refers...
- molecular sieve effect, the preferential sieving of molecules larger than the pores. Many kinds of materials exhibit some molecular sieves, but zeolites...
- A leaf litter sieve is a piece of equipment used by entomologists, in particular by coleopterists (beetle collectors) (Cooter 1991, page 7) as an aid...
- Sieve theory is a set of general techniques in number theory, designed to count, or more realistically to estimate the size of, sifted sets of integers...
- Sieve elements are specialized cells that are important for the function of phloem, which is a highly organized tissue that transports organic compounds...
- Sievers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Any member of the Sievers family Anthony John "Tony" Sievers, Australian politician Bryan...
- In number theory, the general number field sieve (GNFS) is the most efficient classical algorithm known for factoring integers larger than 10100. Heuristically...
- A sieve analysis (or gradation test) is a practice or procedure used in geology, civil engineering, and chemical engineering to ****ess the particle size...