Sawtooth
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɔːtuːθ/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sawtooth is a noun meaning A tooth of a saw: any of its series of projections, each with a cutting edge.
Meaning
A tooth of a saw: any of its series of projections, each with a cutting edge.
More Meanings
- A sawtooth wave.
- Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Prioneris.
- The military barracuda, Sphyraena putnamae.
- (often attributive) 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).
- (cellular automata) A pattern whose living cell population reaches new peaks infinitely many times before dropping to a fixed value after each peak.
Example Sentences
Holonyms: sawblade < saw
Word Forms
- sawteeth
- saw tooth
- sawtooths
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include saw tooth, sawblade, tooth, serrature, kerf, bandsaw.
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