Sieve vs. Mesh

Sievenoun

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.

Sievenoun

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.

Sievenoun

(obsolete) A kind of coarse basket.

Sievenoun

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

Sievenoun

(category theory) 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.

Sieveverb

To strain, sift or sort using a sieve.

Sieveverb

(sports) To concede; let in

Sievenoun

A utensil for separating the finer and coarser parts of a pulverized or granulated substance from each other. It consist of a vessel, usually shallow, with the bottom perforated, or made of hair, wire, or the like, woven in meshes.

Sievenoun

A kind of coarse basket.

Sievenoun

a strainer for separating lumps from powdered material or grading particles

Sieveverb

examine in order to test suitability;

Sieveverb

check and sort carefully;

Sieveverb

separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements;

Sieveverb

distinguish and separate out;

Sieve

A sieve, fine mesh strainer, or sift, is a device for separating wanted elements from unwanted material or for characterizing the particle size distribution of a sample, using a screen such as a woven mesh or net or perforated sheet material. The word derives from .

Meshnoun

A structure made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible/ductile material, with evenly spaced openings between them.

Meshnoun

The opening or space enclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads enclosing such a space.

Meshnoun

The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.

Meshnoun

A measure of fineness (particle size) of ground material. A powder that passes through a sieve having 300 openings per linear inch but does not pass 400 openings per linear inch is said to be -300 +400 mesh.

Meshnoun

(computer graphics) A polygon mesh.

Meshverb

(ambitransitive) To connect together by interlocking, as gears do.

Meshverb

To fit in; to come together harmoniously.

Meshverb

(transitive) To catch in a mesh.

Meshnoun

The opening or space inclosed by the threads of a net between knot and knot, or the threads inclosing such a space; network; a net.

Meshnoun

The engagement of the teeth of wheels, or of a wheel and rack.

Meshverb

To catch in a mesh.

Meshverb

To engage with each other, as the teeth of wheels.

Meshnoun

the number of opening per inch of a screen; measures size of particles;

Meshnoun

contact by fitting together;

Meshnoun

the topology of a network whose components are all connected directly to every other component

Meshnoun

an open fabric of string or rope or wire woven together at regular intervals

Meshnoun

the act of interlocking or meshing;

Meshverb

keep engaged;

Meshverb

coordinate in such a way that all parts work together effectively

Meshverb

work together in harmony

Meshverb

entangle or catch in (or as if in) a mesh

Mesh

A mesh is a barrier made of connected strands of metal, fiber, or other flexible or ductile materials. A mesh is similar to a web or a net in that it has many attached or woven strands.