| Definitions | | sieve |
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noun
- A device to separate larger objects from smaller objects, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.
- 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: - Dutch: zeef
- French: tamis , passoire
- German: Sieb
- Italian: setaccio
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: tamiz (for solids), colador (for liquids)
verb (siev, ing)
- To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.
Translations: - German: Sieb, Seiher
- Spanish: cribar, cernir (for solids), colar (for liquids)
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