Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who separates and arranges: as, a letter-sorter; a money -sorter.
- noun A spelling of
sort o' , for sort of: see under sort, n., and comparekinder .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, sorts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person employed to
sort . - noun A machine made to sort.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a clerk who sorts things (as letters at the post office)
- noun a machine for sorting things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes
Etymologies
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Examples
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Hey, I didn't know ESAS worked like a coin sorter!
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A change-sorter is not purposeful but it arranges coins – at the direct intent of the designer.
Bunny and a Book 2008
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Lab on a Chip, works much the way a coin sorter does, only on a microscopic scale, screening for particles purely by size.
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Lab on a Chip, works much the way a coin sorter does, only on a microscopic scale, screening for particles purely by size.
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Lab on a Chip, works much the way a coin sorter does, only on a microscopic scale, screening for particles purely by size.
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Lab on a Chip, works much the way a coin sorter does, only on a microscopic scale, screening for particles purely by size.
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Lab on a Chip, works much the way a coin sorter does, only on a microscopic scale, screening for particles purely by size.
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Lab on a Chip, works much the way a coin sorter does, only on a microscopic scale, screening for particles purely by size.
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Each of the many "steps" of the staircase provides another "tool" of a different size to manipulate nanoparticles in a method that is similar to how a coin sorter separates nickels, dimes and quarters.
innovations-report 2010
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Lab on a Chip, works much the way a coin sorter does, only on a microscopic scale, screening for particles purely by size.
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