sieve mesh

sieve mesh

[′siv ‚mesh] (design engineering) The standard opening in sieve or screen, defined by four boundary wires (warp and woof); the laboratory mesh is square and is defined by the shortest distance between two parallel wires as regards aperture (quoted in micrometers or millimeters), and by the number of parallel wires per linear inch as regards mesh; 60-mesh equals 60 wires per inch.