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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.


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              Rays which differ in refrangibility may be parted
              and sorted from one another.          --Sir I.
                                                    Newton.
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     2. To reduce to order from a confused state. --Hooker.
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     3. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
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              Shellfish have been, by some of the ancients,
              compared and sorted with insects.     --Bacon.
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              She sorts things present with things past. --Sir J.
                                                    Davies.
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     4. To choose from a number; to select; to cull.
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              That he may sort out a worthy spouse. --Chapman.
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              I'll sort some other time to visit you. --Shak.
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     5. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate. [R.]
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              I pray thee, sort thy heart to patience. --Shak.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sorting
       n 1: an operation that segregates items into groups according to
            a specified criterion; "the bottleneck in mail delivery
            it the process of sorting" [syn: {sort}]
       2: the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or
          categories [syn: {classification}, {categorization}, {categorisation}]
       3: grouping by class or kind or size

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  53 Moby Thesaurus words for "sorting":
     EDP, analysis, analyzing, appraisal, arrangement, assessment,
     assortment, cataloging, categorization, classification,
     classifying, codification, collating, computer technology,
     computer typesetting, computing, culling, data processing,
     data retrieval, division, electronic data processing, evaluation,
     factoring, filing, gauging, gradation, grading, grouping,
     high-speed data handling, identification, indexing,
     machine computation, pigeonholing, placement, ranging, ranking,
     rating, reporting, scanning, screening, selection, sifting,
     sifting out, sorting out, stratification, subdivision,
     subordination, tabulation, taxonomy, triage, typology, weighing,
     winnowing
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  sorting
       
          See {sort}.
       
       

















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