Sorting and Aligning

noun

• An operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion.
  • usage: "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
  • synonyms: sort
• The basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories.
  • synonyms: classification, categorization, categorisation
• Grouping by class or kind or size.

verb

• Examine in order to test suitability.
  • usage: "screen these samples"; "screen the job applicants"
  • synonyms: screen, screen out, sieve, sort
• Arrange or order by classes or categories.
  • usage: "How would you classify these pottery shards-are they prehistoric"
  • synonyms: classify, class, sort, assort, sort out, separate

(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Sort.

(DoD) In counterdrug operations, the process involved in differentiating traffic which could be involved in drug trafficking from legitimate air traffic. See also counterdrug operations.

verb

• Place in a line or arrange so as to be parallel or straight.
  • usage: "align the car with the curb"; "align the sheets of paper on the table"
  • synonyms: align, aline, line up, adjust
• Be or come into adjustment with.
  • synonyms: align
• Align oneself with a group or a way of thinking.
  • synonyms: align, array
• Bring (components or parts) into proper or desirable coordination correlation.
  • usage: "align the wheels of my car"; "ordinate similar parts"
  • synonyms: align, ordinate, coordinate

adjective

• Causing to fall into line or into position.
  • synonyms: positioning