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sorting
[ sawr-ting ]
noun
Geology.
- the process by which sedimentary particles become separated according to some particular characteristic, as size or shape.
sorting
/ ô′ĭԲ /
- The process by which sediment particles that have a certain characteristic, such as a given shape or grain size, are separated from other associated particles by an active agent of transportation, such as wind, a stream, or a glacier.
- A measure of the degree to which this process has occurred within a body of sediment. Wind-blown sediments are usually well-sorted because only a small range of grain sizes can be lifted by a particular wind velocity. Glacially derived sediments are usually poorly sorted because of the great range of particle sizes that are picked up by a moving glacier.
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Janae, 48, is the "facilitator" of the pair, and spends much of the time sorting the pieces for Abigail to complete.
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When Apollo comes to live with Iris, she’s in the middle of sorting through Walter’s expansive unpublished writing for a posthumous novel.
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A few doubts nag him, such as: what are he and his team accomplishing by sorting random numbers?
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It meant not having to worry about sorting dinner.
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Much of Mooradian’s job was sorting through storage units and deciding what was worth auctioning off.
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