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sawtooth

Pronunciation: /ˈsɔːtuːθ/

(also sawtoothed /-tuːθt/)
Definition of sawtooth

adjective

  • shaped like the teeth of a saw with alternate steep and gentle slopes: bands of jagged sawtooth decoration
  • (of a waveform) showing a slow linear rise and rapid linear fall or vice versa: a sawtooth output

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