"sawtooth" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɔːtuːθ/ Forms: sawteeth [plural]
Etymology: From saw + tooth. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|saw|tooth}} saw + tooth Head templates: {{en-noun|sawteeth}} sawtooth (plural sawteeth)
  1. A tooth of a saw: any of its series of projections, each with a cutting edge. Related terms: sawback, saw-tooth, sawtoothed, saw-toothed
    Sense id: en-sawtooth-en-noun-9tiZV9rS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: saw tooth

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈsɔːtuːθ/ Forms: sawtooths [plural]
Etymology: From saw + tooth. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|saw|tooth}} saw + tooth Head templates: {{en-noun}} sawtooth (plural sawtooths)
  1. A sawtooth wave. Categories (lifeform): Pierid butterflies Translations (cutting bit of a saw): 鋸齒 (Chinese Cantonese), 锯齿 (goe³ ci²) (Chinese Cantonese), 鋸齒 (Chinese Mandarin), 锯齿 (jùchǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), zaagtand [masculine] (Dutch), sagtonn [feminine] (Faroese), sagartonn [feminine] (Faroese), sahanhammas (Finnish), dent de scie [masculine] (French), Sägezahn [masculine] (German), のこぎり歯 (nokogiri ha) (alt: のこぎりは) (Japanese), sagtann [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sagtann [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), зуб пилы́ (zub pilý) [masculine] (Russian), sågtand [common-gender] (Swedish), diş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-sawtooth-en-noun-xqOk6MxA Disambiguation of Pierid butterflies: 6 35 43 16 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 54 13 23 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 6 56 14 25 Disambiguation of 'cutting bit of a saw': 100 0 0
  2. Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Prioneris. Categories (lifeform): Pierid butterflies
    Sense id: en-sawtooth-en-noun-KSNrh~SP Disambiguation of Pierid butterflies: 6 35 43 16
  3. (cellular automata) A pattern whose living cell population reaches new peaks infinitely many times before dropping to a fixed value after each peak. Categories (topical): Cellular automata Categories (lifeform): Pierid butterflies
    Sense id: en-sawtooth-en-noun-y6XBKyk0 Disambiguation of Pierid butterflies: 6 35 43 16 Topics: cellular-automata, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: saw tooth Derived forms: sawtooth eel

Inflected forms

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