saw tooth meaning: definition, quotations

saw tooth

adjalso spelled saw-tooth

Shaped like a saw tooth.

Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Describing a function or waveform that consists of repeated triangular transitions when graphed.

Derived terms: saw-tooth roof

saw tooth

noun

A cutting bit of a saw.

saw-tooth

adj

Synonym of saw-toothed.

The saw-tooth profile between mileposts 300 and 295 was taken at 67 to 71 m.p.h., [...].1959 October, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 478:

Derived terms: saw-tooth roof
Related terms: sawtooth

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