sawtooth
Example Sentences
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Water moving over its tiny wings directs the glider’s movement, giving it what is described as a peculiar “sawtooth path.”
From Scientific American
You can make a sawtooth function with a peak or valley at every integer, for example.
From Scientific American
The researchers established this by forcing ants to take an outward foraging trip on a long ‘roller coaster’: a sawtooth track across the desert.
From Nature
For a more refined, elegant feel, she added a sawtooth edge to the fabric.
From New York Times
It crosses blank deserts, sawtooth mountains and jagged canyons.
From Washington Post
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