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sawtooth

[saw-tooth]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

sawteeth

having a zigzag profile, similar to that of the cutting edge of a saw; sawtoothed; serrate.
a sawtooth mountain range.

sawtooth

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(of a waveform) having an amplitude that varies linearly with time between two values, the interval in one direction often being much greater than the other
having or generating such a waveform

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First recorded in 1595–1605; saw ¹ + tooth

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The famous sawtooth neon Norms sign would have said Cane’s instead.

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The main alteration is the change of the iconic sawtooth pennant neon sign to say “Cane’s” instead of Norms.

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“I said, ’Cause, man, No. 1: we sculpt an electronic signal into a sine wave that’s smooth, or a sawtooth, which is rough.

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Before long, those electronic textures seeped into her music, with bass drops and drum loops adding raw energy to her sawtooth guitar riffs.

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Serrated polyps are so-called because of their sawtooth appearance under a microscope.

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