saw-toothed
Like bread knives
Saw-toothed describes something with a jagged edge resembling the teeth of a saw—a series of pointed projections, typically angled in one direction.
The term applies to knife blades, mountain ridges, or any zigzag pattern: saw-toothed peaks rose against the sky.
In technical contexts, saw-toothed waveforms rise gradually and drop sharply, or vice versa.
Having toothlike projections
- jaggedSharply uneven, notched
- notchedHaving V-shaped cuts
- zigzagAngled back-and-forth path
- scallopedHaving rounded, wavelike edges
denticulate · dentate · toothlike · indented · crenulated · pointed · barbed · spiked
Forming a closed curve
- crosscutPerpendicular timber cut
- rippingTearing with force
- scrollWound document of parchment
- copingManaging under strain
kerf · teeth · cutting · woodwork · carpentry · timber · fretwork · miter
Toothed one-way mechanism
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- cogwheelToothed rotating machine part
- sprocketToothed wheel for chains
- escapementTick-controlling clock component
pawl · cam · notch · click · indexing · increment · wheel · drive
Voltage waveform display device
- signalMessage-conveying cue
- rampSloped connecting surface
- voltageElectrical potential difference
- synthesizerElectronic sound-generating instrument
frequency · analog · amplitude · modulation · harmonic · electronic · sweep · generator
serrated
Having toothlike projections
scalloped · denticulate · dentate · toothlike · indented · crenulated · pointed · barbed · spiked · pronged
circular
Forming a closed curve
coping · kerf · teeth · cutting · woodwork · carpentry · timber · fretwork · miter · pruning
ratchet
Toothed one-way mechanism
- gearToothed wheel or belongings
- cogwheelToothed rotating machine part
- sprocketToothed wheel for chains
escapement · pawl · cam · notch · click · indexing · increment · wheel · drive · chain
oscilloscope
Voltage waveform display device
synthesizer · frequency · analog · amplitude · modulation · harmonic · electronic · sweep · generator · tone
- blade sharpnesssharp, dull, blunt, keen, razor-sharp