Sorting and Sized

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

• Cover or stiffen or glaze a porous material with size or sizing (a glutinous substance.
  • synonyms: size
• Sort according to size.
  • synonyms: size
• Make to a size; bring to a suitable size.
  • synonyms: size

adjective

• Having a specified size.
• Having the surface treated or coated with sizing. .

• (imp.&p.p.) of Size.
• (a.) Having a particular size or magnitude; -- chiefly used in compounds; as, large-sized; common-sized.
• (a.) Adjusted according to size.