SORT

Sort

In typesetting by hand compositing, a sort or type is a piece of type representing a particular letter or symbol, cast from a matrix mould and assembled with other sorts bearing additional letters into lines of type to make up a forme from which a page is printed.

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sort

Noun

  1. A general type.
  2. Manner; form of being or acting.
  3. Condition above the vulgar; rank.
  4. Group, company.
  5. A person.
  6. An act of sorting.
  7. An algorithm for sorting a list of items into a particular sequence.
    Popular sorts include quicksort and heapsort.
  8. A piece of metal type used to print one letter, character, or symbol in a particular size and style.
  9. Chance; lot; destiny.
  10. A pair; a set; a suit.

Verb

  1. To separate according to certain criteria.
  2. To arrange into some order, especially numerically, alphabetically or chronologically.
  3. To fix a problem, to handle a task; to sort out.
  4. To conjoin; to put together in distribution; to class.
  5. To join or associate with others, especially with others of the same kind or species; to agree.
  6. To suit; to fit; to be in accord; to harmonize.
  7. To conform; to adapt; to accommodate.
  8. To choose from a number; to select; to cull.


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