separating out; differentiating; sorting
The act of separating or distinguishing items, often used in contexts like sorting goods, differentiating qualities, or dividing outputs.
The work of sorting the products took time.
This machine can sort by size.
Compound of 出し (dashi, continuative form of 出す 'to put out') and 分け (wake, continuative form of 分ける 'to divide/separate').