Definition of Sieve. Meaning of Sieve. Synonyms of Sieve

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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, fine mesh strainer, or sift, is a tool used for separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for controlling the particle size distribution...
- 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...
- Sieve elements are specialized cells that are important for the function of phloem, which is a highly organized tissue that transports organic compounds...
- mathematics, the sieve of Atkin is a modern algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to a specified integer. Compared with the ancient sieve of Eratosthenes...
- 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...
- molecular sieve effect, the preferential sieving of molecules larger than the pores. Many kinds of materials exhibit some molecular sieves, but zeolites...
- The Sieve is a river in Italy. It is a tributary of the Arno, into which it flows at Pont****ieve after a course of 62 km. The Sieve rises in the Tuscan-Emilian...
- A sieve analysis (or gradation test) is a practice or procedure used in geology, civil engineering, and chemical engineering to ****ess the particle size...
- natural number in a set which is generated by a certain "sieve". This sieve is similar to the sieve of Eratosthenes that generates the primes, but it eliminates...
- 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...