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sawtooth

Syllabification: (saw·tooth)
Pronunciation: /ˈsôˌto͞oTH/
(also sawtoothed or saw-toothed /-ˌto͞oTHt/)
Definition of sawtooth

adjective

  • shaped like the teeth of a saw with alternate steep and gentle slopes.
  • Physics (of a waveform) showing a slow linear rise and rapid linear fall or vice versa.

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