2. Adjective. referring to something that has been arranged in a way that is not uniform ¹
3. Adjective. Astonished, taken aback. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Staggered
1. stagger [v] - See also: stagger
Lexicographical Neighbors of Staggered
Literary usage of Staggered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1915)
"57874 A. Accessories staggered Biplanes ... Wing Data and Analysis for a staggered
Biplane. AF Zahm. General discussion and detailed analysis. Diagrams. ..."
2. Politics of Compromise: NATO and AWACS by Arnold L. Tessmer (1995)
"The staggered Payments Schedule ... staggered payments schedule posed management
problems just as severe as those posed by the politically mandated cost ..."
3. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1909)
"staggered SURFACES Biplanes with the upper surface set ahead of the lower, as in
Figure 68, ... staggered Biplane. within the actual flow of ^ ..."
4. Vehicles of the Air: A Popular Exposition of Modern Aeronautics with Working by Victor Lougheed (1910)
"... gears with angles of 45 °, so that both gears of a pair are alike. Such gears
are used at aa and &, Figures 20 and 107, respectively. staggered AND ..."
5. The History of Rome by Thomas Arnold (1853)
"Then, assailed at once by two sons of Hamilcar, on the north and the south, the
Roman power, which one of them singly had so staggered, must, ..."
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