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sieve

/sɪv/

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noun

Sieb, Durchschlag

A device with a mesh bottom to separate, in a granular material, larger particles from smaller ones, or to separate solid objects from a liquid.

Examples :

"Use the sieve to get the pasta from the water."

Benutze das Sieb, um die Pasta aus dem Wasser zu holen.

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noun

Siebung, Filterung

A process, physical or abstract, that arrives at a final result by filtering out unwanted pieces of input from a larger starting set of input.

Examples :

"Given a list of consecutive numbers starting at 1, the Sieve of Eratosthenes algorithm will find all of the prime numbers."

Angesichts einer Liste aufeinanderfolgender Zahlen, beginnend bei 1, findet der Algorithmus des Siebes des Eratosthenes alle Primzahlen.

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noun

Sieb, Durchschlag

A kind of coarse basket.

Examples :

"The farmer used a sieve to separate the good wheat from the chaff. "

Der Bauer benutzte ein Sieb, um den guten Weizen von der Spreu zu trennen.

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noun

Sieb, Durchlässiger

A person, or their mind, that cannot remember things or is unable to keep secrets.

Examples :

"My sister is a sieve; she can't seem to remember what homework she needs to do tonight. "

Meine Schwester ist ein Sieb; sie scheint sich nicht daran zu erinnern, welche Hausaufgaben sie heute Abend machen muss.

person mind character

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noun

Ein Sieb

A collection of morphisms in a category whose codomain is a certain fixed object of that category, which collection is closed under pre-composition by any morphism in the category.

Examples :

"The set of all possible paths from different students to the school library forms a sieve, where the library is the fixed codomain. "

Die Menge aller möglichen Pfade von verschiedenen Schülern zur Schulbibliothek bildet ein Sieb, wobei die Bibliothek der feste Kodomain ist.

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verb

Sieben, sieben

To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.

Examples :

"The baker will sieve the flour to remove any lumps before making the cake. "

Der Bäcker wird das Mehl sieben, um Klumpen zu entfernen, bevor er den Kuchen macht.

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verb

Durchlassen, sieben

To concede; let in

Examples :

"The teacher had to sieve some of the students' concerns into the lesson plan. "

Der Lehrer musste einige der Bedenken der Schüler in den Lehrplan einfließen lassen.

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