sawtooth

See also: saw tooth and saw-tooth

English

Alternative forms

saw tooth

Etymology

From saw +‎ tooth.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsɔːtuːθ/

Noun

sawtooth (plural sawteeth)

A cutting bit of a saw.

Noun

sawtooth (plural sawtooths)

A sawtooth wave.
Any of various pierid butterflies of the genus Prioneris.

Translations

cutting bit of a saw

Chinese:
Cantonese: 鋸齒／锯齿 (goe³ ci²)

Mandarin: 鋸齒／锯齿 (zh) (jùchǐ)
Dutch: zaagtand (nl) m
Faroese: sagtonn f, sagartonn f
French: dent de scie m
German: Sägezahn (de) m
Italian: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: のこぎり歯 (のこぎりは, nokogiri ha)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: sagtann m or f

Nynorsk: sagtann f
Russian: зуб пилы́ m (zub pilý)
Swedish: sågtand (sv) c
Turkish: diş (tr)

sawtooth wave — see sawtooth wave

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