Sorter
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sorter is a noun meaning A person employed to sort.
Meaning
A person employed to sort.
More Meanings
- A machine or algorithm that performs sorting.
- Pronunciation spelling of sorta
Example Sentences
But soon one notices, first in ones and twos, and then in larger groups, men who are very much alive at this hour in the morning, the sorters for the Caledonian, and Edinburgh sections of the "Down Special"; mail is piled high on the platforms, and the postal men glance occasionally towards the platform intermediate signals. By this time the calling-on arm is pulled off, and a few minutes later in comes the train, unannounced by the loud-speakers, to the mystification of many travellers.
Word Forms
- sorters
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include sort, sorting, classifier, computer, subsorter, assorter.
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