In general, a sieve separates wanted/desired elements from unwanted material using a tool such as a mesh, net or other filtration or distillation methods. The word "sift" derives from this term. A strainer is a type of sieve typically associated with separating liquids from solids. A modern hammer is directly descended from ancient hand tools A tool or device is a piece of equipment which typically provides a mechanical advantage in accomplishing a physical task, or provides an ability that is not naturally available to the user of a tool. ... A liquid will usually assume the shape of its container A liquid is one of the main states of matter. ... For other uses, see Solid (disambiguation). ...

Sieve may mean:

Cooking

• a colander, a ball-sack (typically) bowl-shaped sieve used as a strainer in cooking
• a chinoise, or conical sieve used as a strainer, also sometimes used like a food mill.
• a tamis, also known as a drum sieve
• a zaru, or bamboo sieve, used in Japanese cooking
• a flour sifter, used in baking
• a cocktail strainer, a bar accessory

A typical household colander A colander (sometimes spelled pink leotard) is a type of sieve used in cooking for separating liquids and solids. ... A Chinoise (sometimes Chinois) is an extremely fine meshed conical sieve used for straining soups and sauces to produce a very smooth texture. ... Flood in Jaša Tomić in 2005 The Timiş or Tamiš (Romanian: Timiş; Serbian: Tamiš or Тамиш; German: Temesch; Hungarian: Temes) is a 359 km long river rising in the Semenic Mountains, southern Carpathian Mountains, Caraş-Severin County, Romania. ... Soba served on a zaru The Zaru (Japanese: 笊 or ざる) is a draining basket made from bamboo used in the preparation and presentation of Japanese food. ... For other uses, see Bamboo (disambiguation). ... There are many views of what is fundamental to Japanese cuisine. ... For other uses, see Flour (disambiguation). ... Wikibooks Cookbook has an article on Baking Baking is the technique of prolonged cooking of food by dry heat acting by conduction, and not by radiation, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones. ... A cocktail strainer is a metal bar accessory used to remove ice from a mixed drink after it has been shaken or stirred and while it is being poured into the glass it will be served in. ...

Chemistry

• in transport phenomena, see sieving coefficient
• in the mining industry, a mesh used to separate fine particles from coarse ones

(see also: Filter) In mass transfer, the sieving coefficient is a measure of equilibration between of the concentrations of two mass transfer streams. ... Chuquicamata, the second largest open pit copper mine in the world, Chile. ... For other uses, see Mesh (disambiguation). ... In chemistry and common usage, a filter is a device (usually a membrane or layer) that is designed to block certain objects or substances while letting others through. ...

Mathematics

• in sieve theory, a technique for counting or filtering sets of numbers
  • sieve of Eratosthenes
  • general number field sieve
  • large sieve
• a sieve (category theory), a way of writing down how objects in a category glue to give other one

Sieve theory is a set of general techniques in number theory, designed to count, or more realistically to estimate the size of, sifted sets of integers. ... In mathematics, the Sieve of Eratosthenes is a simple, ancient algorithm for finding all prime numbers up to a specified integer. ... In mathematics, the general number field sieve (GNFS) is the most efficient algorithm known for factoring integers larger than 100 digits. ... In mathematics, the large sieve is a method of analytic number theory. ... In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a sieve is a way of choosing arrows with a common codomain. ...

Computer science

• Sieve (mail filtering language), a proposed standard for specifying mail filters

Sieve is a language that can be used to create filters for electronic mail. ...

Other uses

• a stainless steel strainer, used in plumbing
• in metaphor and simile, sieve may often be used to refer to things that are leaky, as a sieve used for a bowl.
  • In particular, in hockey, a goaltender who lets a lot of goals through is sometimes compared to a sieve. (In college hockey students chant the word sieve at the opposite goalie)
• On rivers, a sieve or strainer is a dangerous obstacle that water can pass through, but people cannot. See Obstacle in whitewater canoing
• the Sieve, a river in Italy

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A stainless steel strainer is a perforated (punched holes) metal part used in household water systems to strain or filter out debris in the water system or sink. ... This article is about metaphor in literature and rhetoric. ... A simile is a comparison of two unlike things, typically marked by use of like, as, than, or resembles. Examples may include the snow was as thick as a blanket, or she was as smart as a crow, or the usage of emotions similes such as madder than a bull... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... This article is about the goaltender in ice hockey. ... For other uses, see River (disambiguation). ... Impact from a water drop causes an upward rebound jet surrounded by circular capillary waves. ... Whitewater is formed in a rapid, when a rivers gradient drops enough to form a bubbly, or aerated and unstable current; the frothy water appears white. ... The Sieve is a river in Italy. ... Image File history File links Disambig_gray. ...

External links

• Solid-liquid sieves & filters: REDOX Water Technology
• Solid-Solid sieves: REDOX Recycling Technology