sorter
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- noun
- /ˈsɔːrtər/
:
máquina clasificadora
- The mail sorter quickly organized the letters into different bins based on their destinations.
- reader-sorter
And so we have cell sorters, simple robots that can sort things down at the single cell level.
- And so we have cell sorters, simple robots that can sort things down at the single cell level.
- Then the sorter that we made will hang off the end right here.
Examples
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Here is where a slide sorter is a valuable aid.
Academic text (1999) -
Use a mail sorter, paper sorter, or two wire baskets as an in-and-out box.
Blog text (13) -
That is where my sorter is going to live right there.
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Then the sorter that we made will hang off the end right here.
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That sorter is almost at capacity.
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Now that sorter is empty both sides.
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The Magnetic Separation Systems sorter helped to boost capacity at the Laidlaw plant, which has little or no room to expand physically.
Academic text (1995) -
Imaging machines have high-speed cameras that make digital images of the front and back of checks as they pass through the reader-sorter.
Academic text (2005) -
The Postal Service is installing 74 APPS systems to replace previous-generation small parcel and bundle sorters (top).
Academic text (2004) -
The S-3000E tilt-tray sorter, with an electronically controlled tilt mechanism, sorts items weighing up to 50 kg, as long as 1,000 mm, through curves at speeds up to 3.5 meters per second.
Academic text (2004)
Synonyms
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A computer tool that puts data items in order by name or number
A person or machine that sorts things into groups
A machine that sorts letters and packages by address
A person or device that puts things in order
A computer tool that puts items in order by letters or numbers
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Morphology
Etymology
Sorter as a machine name uses the same pieces: sort ('to divide into kinds') and -er ('that which does'). That's why a sorter is a device that 'does the sorting' and separates letters, plastics, or data into different groups.