Lexic.us

Definition of Sawtooth

1. Noun. A serration on a saw blade.

Definition of Sawtooth

1. n. An arctic seal (Lobodon carcinophaga), having the molars serrated; -- called also crab-eating seal.

Definition of Sawtooth

1. Adjective. Shaped like a sawtooth. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: mathematics engineering) Describing a function or waveform that consists of repeated triangular transitions when graphed. ¹

3. Noun. A cutting bit of a saw. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sawtooth

1. a cutting edge on a saw [n SAWTEETH]

Medical Definition of Sawtooth

1. When a tokamak runs with enough current to achieve q < 1 on the magnetic axis, the plasma parameters (n, T, B) oscillate with a sawtooth waveform. The oscillation is localised to a region roughly within the q=1 surface, and arises from internal magnetohydrodynamic effects. Confinement is degraded within the sawtooth region. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sawtooth

Literary usage of Sawtooth

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Riveted Boiler Joints: A Treatise on the Design and Failures of Riveted by Sherwood Frank Jeter (1917)
"On all butt joints where the straps are of unequal width and for the sawtooth type of joint, a line representing the maximum pitch values for calking has ..."

2. The Great American Wilderness: Touring America's National Parks by Larry H. Ludmer (2000)
"sawtooth NATIONAL RECREATION AREA This high mountain region sits at the ... As a recreation area, the sawtooth is a great venue for almost any sort of ..."

3. The Great American Wilderness: Touring America's National Parks by Larry H. Ludmer (2000)
"sawtooth NATIONAL RECREATION AREA This high mountain region sits at the ... As a recreation area, the sawtooth is a great venue for almost any sort of ..."

4. Pamphlets on Forestry in Idaho (1905)
"05, submitting a map of the proposed sawtooth Forest Reserve, Idaho. * * With my letter dated May 17, 1905, submitting the draft of a proclamation to change ..."

5. Reinforced Concrete Construction in Theory and Practice: An Elementary by Henry Adams, Ernest Romney Matthews (1911)
"Roofs of sawtooth Shape.—A number of roofs of this class have been erected in reinforced concrete, and the material is eminently suitable for their ..."

6. Report by United States Board on Geographic Names, United States Geographic Board (1916)
"sawtooth; Creek, T. 42 N., Rs. 6, 7, and 8 E., tributary to little North Fork Clearwater ... sawtooth; see Northbound. sawtooth Range; see Anaconda Range. ..."

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