sorter
ˈsɔːrtər
sorter: machine that arranges items systematically
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Noun

1.
employmentperson who organizes items by category
  • The sorter arranged the books by genre.
categorizer organizer
2.
technologymachine that arranges items systematically
  • The sorter processed the data efficiently.
arranger organizer
3.
computingTECH.algorithm that orders dataTECH.
  • The sorter improved the program's performance.
arranger organizer sequencer
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  • sorter: machine that arranges items systematically
    machine that arranges items systematically

Origin of sorter

English, sort (arrange) + -er (agent noun)

Examples of sorter in a sentence

  • The factory hired a sorter to manage the recycling process.
  • The sorter in the factory organizes packages by size.
  • A new sorter was installed to handle the increased workload.
  • The new sorter reduced the time needed for data processing.
  • A faster sorter was implemented to handle large datasets.

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  1. French:trieur, machine de tri, ...
  2. German:Sortierer, Sorter, ...
  3. Italian:selezionatore, smistatore, ...
  4. Spanish:clasificador, organizador, ...
  5. Portuguese:classificador, algoritmo de ordenação, ...
  6. Chinese:分类员, 分拣机, ...
  7. Japanese:仕分け人, 仕分け機, ...
  8. Arabic:فَارِز, آلَة فَرْز, ...
  9. Hebrew:מְמַיֵּן, מַמְיֵין, ...
  10. Russian:сортировщик, ...
  11. Ukrainian:сортувальник, сортувальна машина, ...
  12. Hindi:छँटाई करने वाला, छंटाई मशीन, ...
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