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  • 1Sorting office — or Processing and Distribution Center (P DC; name used by the United States Postal Service (USPS)[1]) is any location where postal operators bring mail after collection for sorting into batches for delivery to the addressee,[2] which may be a… …

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  • 2sorting office — noun A place where mail that has been posted is sorted by destination • • • Main Entry: ↑sort * * * sorting office UK [ˈsɔː(r)tɪŋ ˌɒfɪs] US [ˈsɔrtɪŋ ˌɔfɪs] noun [countable] [singular sortin …

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  • 3sorting rack — A metal framework with hooks from which sacks or pouches hang while being filled with mail. A sorting rack can hold five to ten sacks. (Also see circular sorting rack androtary sorting rack) (Also called bag, pouch, sack, paper, and parcel rack) …

    Glossary of postal terms

  • 4sorting office — ➔ office * * * sorting office UK US noun [C] ► a building where letters, packages, etc. are taken after they have been posted and where they are then put into groups according to their addresses before being delivered …

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  • 5Sorting (sediment) — Sorting indicates the distribution of grain size of sediments, either in unconsolidated deposits or in sedimentary rocks. Poorly sorted indicates that the sediment sizes are mixed (large variance); whereas well sorted indicates that the sediment… …

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  • 6Sorting pack cloths — (engl., spr. Sorting päch klohds), ordinäre englische Tücher im Stück gefärbt, zum Packen der Tücher u. zu Matrosenkleidern. S. Pennystone, ordinäre englische Tücher von Ausschußwolle …

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  • 7sorting office — sorting offices N COUNT A sorting office is a place where letters and parcels that have been posted are taken and sorted according to where they are being sent. [BRIT] …

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  • 8sorting office — sorting .office n BrE a place where letters and packages are put into groups according to where they have to be delivered …

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  • 9sorting conveyor — (See conveyor and sort) …

    Glossary of postal terms

  • 10Sorting algorithm — In computer science, a sorting algorithm is an algorithm that puts elements of a list in a certain order. The most used orders are numerical order and lexicographical order. Efficient sorting is important for optimizing the use of other… …

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