pointerlike
pointerlike adjective: like a pointer (needle-like indicator).
Adjective
pointerlike (comparative more pointerlike, superlative most pointerlike)
- Like a pointer (needle-like indicator).
- Twins in many respects, each tube has a light-sensitive screen and a pointerlike beam of electrons.1953, De Witt Wallace, Lila Bell Wallace, The Reader's Digest
- Like a pointer (hunting dog).
- Originally called the Weimar pointer, the dog is pointerlike in general outline and similar to the German short-haired pointer, only larger.1980, Academic American Encyclopedia
- Like a pointer (variable holding a memory address).
- You must resist the temptation to implement basic data structures such as linked lists and trees just because a pointerlike capability is available.1997, Sriram Srinivasan, Advanced Perl programming
Forms of pointerlike
| comparative | more pointerlike |
|---|---|
| superlative | most pointerlike |
Origin of pointerlike
From pointer + -like.
Questions about pointerlike
- What does pointerlike mean?
- Pointerlike means like a pointer (needle-like indicator).
- What part of speech is pointerlike?
- Pointerlike is an adjective.
Words near pointerlike in the dictionary
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