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Pronunciation
IPA|/sɪv/
audio|en-us-sieve.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-ɪv|-ɪv

Noun
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1. A device to separate larger objects from smaller objects, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
2. A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.

#: Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers.

Translations
trans-top|device to separate larger objects
Albanian: sitë f
Basque: bahe
Catalan: sedàs m
Chinese: 篩�, ��
Croatian: sito n, rešeto n
Czech: síto n
Dutch: zeef f
Esperanto: kribrilo
Finnish: seula, siivilä
French: tamis m, passoire m
German: Sieb n
Greek: κÏ�Ï�κινο n (kóskino)
Hebrew: נפ� f
Hungarian: szita, rosta
Ido: sivo
Italian: setaccio m
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Japanese: ��� (furui)
Korean: ì²´ (che)
Norwegian: sikt c, såld c, sil
Romanian: sit� f
Russian: �е�ка f (setka)
Serbian: sito n, rešeto n
Spanish: tamiz m (for solids), colador m (for liquids)
Swedish: såll
Turkish: süzgeç
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trans-top|process, physical or abstract
Czech: síto n
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Verb
en-verb|siev|ing

1. To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.

Translations
German: Sieb, Seiher
Finnish: siivilöidä, seuloa
Norwegian: sikte, sålde
Spanish: cribar, cernir (for solids), colar (for liquids)
Polish: sito, sitko, cedzak
Romanian: sita

See also
have a mind like a sieve

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• 2007-12-28 00:40 - Patrourke - Fixed spelling of root (siev- not seiv-!)

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