jaggered
jaggered adjective: jagged or bristly.
Adjective
jaggered (comparative more jaggered, superlative most jaggered)
- jagged or bristly.
- For shafting or long journals of any kind I intend to make the cage with a central rim supported by 'the thimble, and the rollers placed jaggered on each side of said rim.1871, DAVIS H. DDTTERER., IMPROVEMENT IN CAR-AXLE BOXES., US Patent US118701A (PDF version)
- The jaggered edges of the individual fragments aid materially inproviding the compactness with which the fragments are finally imbedded in the matrix.1929, L. F. HEWETT, COMPOSITE PAVING BLOCK, US Patent US1885720A (PDF version)
Examples of jaggered in a sentence
- Smeulders et al. substantiate their claim by considering a two-dimensional periodic canal limited by jaggered walls as depicted in Fig. 1(left).1998, M. Firdaouss a b, J.-L. Guermond a, D. Lafarge c, Some remarks on the acoustic parameters of sharp-edged porous media, →DOI...
- Due to non-uniform tearing, the extent of crack advance was taken as the closest distance of the jaggered edge from the initial crack tip position, B.2000, Jianxin Wu, Vijay Gupta, Observations of transonic crack velocity at a metal/ceramic interface, →DOI, section 3.3:
Synonyms of jaggered
Forms of jaggered
| comparative | more jaggered |
|---|---|
| superlative | most jaggered |
Origin of jaggered
From jagger + -ed.
Questions about jaggered
- What does jaggered mean?
- Jaggered means jagged or bristly.
- How do you use jaggered in a sentence?
- Smeulders et al. substantiate their claim by considering a two-dimensional periodic canal limited by jaggered walls as depicted in Fig. 1(left).
- What part of speech is jaggered?
- Jaggered is an adjective.
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