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Sieve
- A sieve is a device for segregating aggregate based on particle size. Sieves commonly consist of a wire mesh on which the aggregate is placed. The sieve is then shaken, allowing particles smaller than the mesh openings to fall through. It may also be used in a garden to remove stones from soil.
- A sieve used in cooking is a colander.
- A sieve is a technique in mathematics. See sieve of Eratosthenes, sieve theory and general number field sieve.
- sieve is a mail filtering language proposed as Internet standard that can be found at this address.
- sieve is a popular taunt among crowds at American college ice hockey games, used as a reference to a goaltender.
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