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English Dictionary: sorting	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sorting n an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting" Synonym(s): sort, sorting the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories Synonym(s): classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting grouping by class or kind or size
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sort \Sort\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sorted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sorting}.] 1. To separate, and place in distinct classes or divisions, as things having different qualities; as, to sort cloths according to their colors; to sort wool or thread according to its fineness. Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted and sorted from one another. --Sir I. Newton. 2. To reduce to order from a confused state. --Hooker. 3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class. Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients, compared and sorted with insects. --Bacon. She sorts things present with things past. --Sir J. Davies. 4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull. That he may sort out a worthy spouse. --Chapman. I'll sort some other time to visit you. --Shak. 5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.] I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. --Shak.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
sorting See {sort}.