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sawtooth

noun — 6 senses

sawtooth

noun

/ˈsɔːtuːθ/

Etymology From saw + tooth.

1

A tooth of a saw: any of its series of projections, each with a cutting edge.

  • Holonyms: sawblade < saw
2

Often Something else that is shaped like such a tooth (for example, a roof or each peaked portion thereof; a curve or waveform on a graph).

Derived terms
sawtooth coriander, sawtooth goldenweed, sawtoothlike, Sawtooth Mountains, Sawtooth Range, Sawtooth Ridge, sawtooth roof, Sawtooths, sawtooth wave
Related terms
sawback, saw-tooth, sawtoothed, saw-toothed

sawtooth

noun

Etymology From saw + tooth.

1

A sawtooth wave.

2

Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Prioneris.

3

Cellular automata, Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A pattern whose living cell population reaches new peaks infinitely many times before dropping to a fixed value after each peak.

4

The military barracuda, Sphyraena putnamae.

Derived terms
sawtooth eel

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