ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Sieving

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Sieving is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of sieve.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of sieve.

More Meanings

  1. The act of passing something through a sieve.
  2. Material that has passed through a sieve.

Example Sentences

The sievings retained on different sieves are washed into separate Petri dishes for further observations or purification by sucrose centrifugation.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include sift, screen, sort, strain, sifting, screening.

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