Definizione monolingua

sieve

sieve (third-person singular simple present sieves, present participle sieving, simple past and past participle sieved)

1. To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.

sieve (plural sieves)

1. A device to separate larger objects from smaller objects, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.

   Use the sieve to get the pasta from the water.

2. 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.

Definizione dizionario sieve

	setaccio
	device to separate larger objects
	A device to separate coarse elements from fine elements or solid objects from a liquid.

setacciare

	scolino
	device to separate larger objects

cestino

cola

colare

colino

crivello

staccio

vaglio

Altri significati:

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.

(to) sieve

To separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements.

process that filters out unwanted pieces of input

To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.

A device to separate larger objects from smaller objects, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.

to strain, sift or sort using a sieve