Sieve (disambiguation)

A sieve is a tool to separate materials of one characteristic (for example, liquids) from materials of another (for example, solids).

Sieve may also refer to:

Places

 * Sieve River in Italy

Computing

 * Sieve (mail filtering language), a standard for specifying email filters
 * Sieve C++ Parallel Programming System, a compiler for C++

Mathematics

 * Sieve (category theory)
 * Cyclic sieving, a phenomenon in combinatorics
 * Sieve estimator (statistics and econometrics)
 * Sieve theory, a technique for counting or filtering sets of numbers
 * General number field sieve
 * Large sieve
 * Quadratic sieve
 * Sieve of Atkin
 * Sieve of Eratosthenes
 * Sieve of Sundaram
 * Sieve of Pritchard

Science and healthcare

 * Sieve, in medicine, a "surgical sieve" refers to a very general list of diagnostic or pathological headings, against which any finding can be compared
 * Sieving coefficient, used in transport phenomena, in chemistry
 * Sieve tube element, an elongated cell in the phloem tissue of flowering plants

Tools

 * Sieve, a firefighting tool used when a fire engine drafts water from a body of water; it is a large metal strainer that is attached to the end of a hard suction hose that prevents debris from entering the hose
 * Sieve, a gardening tool, known as a riddle, used to separate soil particles and provide a finer tilth, for example by removing stones and twigs
 * Sieve, in plumbing, a stainless steel strainer

Other uses

 * Sieve (hieroglyph), an ancient Egyptian hieroglyph
 * Sieve, or strainer, on rivers is a dangerous obstacle that water can pass through, but people cannot (see Obstacle in whitewater canoeing)
 * Sieve, in sports such as hockey or lacrosse, is a common slang term used when referring to a goaltender who allows many or weak goals
 * Sieve analysis, a practice or procedure used to assess the particle size distribution of a granular material, such as soil