Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 14 compound words that contain sorting. The most common are listed below. Open sorting in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- waste sortingProcess by which waste is separated into different elements
- sorting outpresent participle and gerund of sort out
- sorting throughpresent participle and gerund of sort through
- sorting officeA building in which mail is collected together, then sorted prior to delivery.
- edge sortingA gambling technique by which a player determines whether a face-down playing card is likely to be low or high, by observing and exploiting subtle unintentional differences on the backs of some types of card, after arranging for the …
- protein sortingThe process that moves proteins to appropriate locations in a cell
- pancake sortingThe mathematical problem of sorting a disordered stack of pancakes in order of size when a spatula can be inserted at any point in the stack and used to flip all pancakes above it.
- sorting tableA table on which finds are sorted by date, origin etc.
- horizontal sortingA form of graded bedding that occurs at the bottom of a body of water. The principle says that smaller colloids (particles) settle farther in the strata while larger particles settle closer to the source of water.
- merge-sortingpresent participle and gerund of merge-sort
- re-sortingpresent participle and gerund of re-sort
- sorting officesplural of sorting office: A building in which mail is collected together, then sorted prior to delivery.
- sorting tablesplural of sorting table: A table on which finds are sorted by date, origin etc.
- sorting oneself outpresent participle and gerund of sort oneself out
- sorting the wheat from the chaffpresent participle and gerund of sort the wheat from the chaff
Compound words 14
- immunosortingThe immunological sorting of proteins, cells etc
- biosortingThe sorting of soil particles of different sizes, resulting from bioturbation.
- cytosortingThe sorting of individual cells
- ragsortingSynonym of ragpicking: present participle and gerund of ragpick
- serosortingThe practice of using HIV status as a decision-making point in choosing sexual behavior.
- woolsortingThe work of a woolsorter, sorting wool into coarser and finer grades.
- consortingpresent participle and gerund of consort
- heapsortingpresent participle and gerund of heapsort
- mergesortingpresent participle and gerund of mergesort
- missortingpresent participle and gerund of missort