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Sawtooth

//ˈsɔːtuːθ// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A tooth of a saw: any of its series of projections, each with a cutting edge.
  2. 2
    A sawtooth wave.
  3. 3
    a serration on a saw blade wordnet
  4. 4
    Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Prioneris.
  5. 5
    A pattern whose living cell population reaches new peaks infinitely many times before dropping to a fixed value after each peak.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From saw + tooth.

Etymology 2

From saw + tooth.

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