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Meaning of "sortation" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SORTATION

sortation  [sɔːˈteɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SORTATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sortation is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SORTATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sortation in the English dictionary

The definition of sortation in the dictionary is the process of sorting items into groups sharing a distinguishing quality or characteristic.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SORTATION


accreditation
əˌkrɛdɪˈteɪʃən
adaptation
ˌædəpˈteɪʃən
alimentation
ˌælɪmɛnˈteɪʃən
citation
saɪˈteɪʃən
consultation
ˌkɒnsəlˈteɪʃən
documentation
ˌdɒkjʊmɛnˈteɪʃən
excitation
ˌɛksɪˈteɪʃən
hesitation
ˌhɛzɪˈteɪʃən
implementation
ˌɪmplɪmenˈteɪʃən
interpretation
ɪnˌtɜːprɪˈteɪʃən
invitation
ˌɪnvɪˈteɪʃən
limitation
ˌlɪmɪˈteɪʃən
meditation
ˌmɛdɪˈteɪʃən
orientation
ˌɔːrɪɛnˈteɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
rehabilitation
ˌriːəˌbɪlɪˈteɪʃən
representation
ˌrɛprɪzɛnˈteɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
rotation
rəʊˈteɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SORTATION

sort
sort code
sort of
sort out
sort out the men from the boys
sort-out
sorta
sortable
sortal
sortance
sorted
sorter
sortie
sortilege
sortileger
sorting
sorting code
sorting office
sortition
sortment

WORDS THAT END LIKE SORTATION

action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
corporation
creation
decoration
destination
duration
education
evaluation
federation
formation
foundation
generation

Synonyms and antonyms of sortation in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sortation» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SORTATION

Find out the translation of sortation to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sortation from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sortation» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

分拣
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clasificación
570 millions of speakers

English

sortation
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sortation
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

sortation
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сортировочного
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sortation
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sortation
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tri
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pemecahan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Sortier
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

仕分け
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

화물 구분
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sortasi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sortation
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sortation
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर्गीकरण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

İstifleme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

smistamento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sortujące
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

сортувального
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sortare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διαλογής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Rangskik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Sorterings
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sortation
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sortation

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SORTATION»

The term «sortation» is regularly used and occupies the 99.137 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SORTATION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sortation» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sortation» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sortation

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SORTATION»

Discover the use of sortation in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sortation and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Certain Sortation Systems, Parts Thereof, and Products ...
VDL-Netherlands designs and manufactures accursed sortation systems and components thereof in the Netherlands and then imports those products or sells them for importation into the United States. Respondent Vanderlande Industries, Inc.
2
The Sortation Theory of Vaccination: Proving Vaccination a ...
Proving Vaccination a Failure Eugene Bettes. Showing the Gain and Loss Feature in the Six Towns Grouped by the Royal Commission. TABLE XX. P. C. Fatalities Vacci- Vacci- UnvacCases nated nated cinated Total Under 10 years of age, ...
Eugene Bettes, 1920
3
High Volume Conveyor Sortation System Analysis
The design and operation of a high volume conveyor sortation system are important due to its high cost, large footprint and critical role in the system.
Ying Wang, 2006
4
Eaches or Pieces Order Fulfillment, Design, and Operations ...
Scoreboard. With a scoreboard CO batch release method, each pick zone has a scoreboard that has a symbol for each CO batch. In a pick area at a transfer location and based on sortation/pack activity, a scoreboard shows an assigned time ...
David E. Mulcahy, 2007
5
The Warehouse Management Handbook
Conveyor Sortation Equipment Sortation equipment is the physical nucleus of a distribution warehouse or a parcel-type crossdock conveyor system. Such a system begins as a series of parallel conveyors from case picking aisles or parcel  ...
James A. Tompkins, Jerry D. Smith, 1998
6
Airport Passenger Terminal Planning and Design: Guidebook
• Decentralized sortation (localized to gates): A decentralized baggage sortation system sorts the bags at two or more locations, or the actual flight sortation is performed at or near the individual airplane gates as depicted in Figure VI-53.
‎2010
7
The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management: ...
The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management is the definitive introduction to all the main elements of modern logistics and distribution.
Alan Rushton, Phil Croucher, Peter Baker, 2014
8
Handbook of Industrial Engineering: Technology and ...
TABLE 2 Sortation Conveyor Equipment Guide (Kulwiec 1999) Sortation Device Operation Details Application Notes Deflector Diverter (pusher) Pullers (rake) Pullers (pop-up belt and chain) Pop-up (wheels) Pop-up (rollers) Sliding shoe ...
Gavriel Salvendy, 2001
9
Facilities Planning
Sortation. Devices. A sorting conveyor is used to assemble material (i.e., cases, items, totes, garments) with a similar characteristic (i.e., destination, customer, store) by correctly identifying the similar merchandise and transporting it to the same ...
James A. Tompkins, 2010
10
Plastics Fabrication and Recycling
2.11.5. Automatic. Sortation. Most end-use markets of recycled plastics require that they be separated by resin type and color. For post- consumer bottles, all lids , caps, and closures should also be removed because they are often of different ...
Manas Chanda, Salil K. Roy, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SORTATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sortation is used in the context of the following news items.
1
BEUMER Group Announces Handover of Sortation System for new …
BEUMER Group, a leading global supplier of automated material handling systems, has finished the handover of a complete material handling and sortation ... «Packaging Europe, Jun 15»
2
TriFactor, a Florida material handling systems integrator, offers a …
A sortation system (sorter) is an integrated material handling conveyor system that automatically diverts product to a conveyor or chute for delivery to other areas ... «PR Newswire, Jun 15»
3
Royal Mail to automate parcel sortation at key mail centres
Royal Mail is to start rolling out automated parcel sortation to improve efficiency at around 20 of its busiest mail centres in the UK. The move comes after it ... «Logistics Manager, May 15»
4
Supply Chain News: High Speed Sortation Systems - Does WMS …
In a high speed sortation system in distribution, the integration between the Warehouse Management System (WMS) and some form of Warehouse Control ... «Supply Chain Digest, Nov 14»
5
Keep It Moving: What Economic Impact Will the Amazon Sortation
Will this revenue increase be enough to offset the volume loss being caused by the new Amazon sortation network and by e-retailers shifting volume to other ... «Supply Chain Digest, Nov 14»
6
Amazon poised to open sortation center
“For the sortation center in Kenosha we are hiring for hundreds of seasonal positions included in the 80,000 seasonal positions announcement we made today,” ... «Kenosha News, Oct 14»
7
Amazon Takes a Big Step Toward Finally Making Its Own Deliveries
In a blog post on Thursday, ChannelAdvisor CEO Scot Wingo describes Amazon's new “sortation centers” that funnel packages into zones based on zip code. «Wired, Sep 14»
8
Amazon Goes the Last Mile for Delivery With New 'Sortation' Centers
Unlike the larger fulfillment centers -- 1 million-square-foot-plus boxes where workers pack boxes with product for shipping -- the sortation centers are aimed at ... «CoStar Group, Aug 14»
9
BEUMER Group completes energy-efficient sortation system for …
BEUMER Group, a global supplier of automated material handling systems for conveying, loading, palletising, packaging, sortation and distribution, has ... «Post and Parcel, Aug 14»
10
Amazon to Open 15 Sortation Centers in 2014
In a move aimed at expediting its promise of Sunday delivery via the U.S. Postal Service, Amazon has announced plans to open 15 specialized sortation centers ... «Multichannel Merchant, Aug 14»

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