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seesawlike

seesawlike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a seesaw.

Adjective

seesawlike (comparative more seesawlike, superlative most seesawlike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a seesaw.
    • In this case the charged leptons masses arise from a sort of type-II seesawlike mechanism while the neutrino masses are generated by a type-I mechanism.2015, G. De Conto, A. C. B. Machado, V. Pleitez, “Minimal 3-3-1 model with a spectator sextet”, in arXiv

Forms of seesawlike

comparativemore seesawlike
superlativemost seesawlike

Origin of seesawlike

From seesaw + -like.

Questions about seesawlike

What does seesawlike mean?
Seesawlike means resembling or characteristic of a seesaw.
What part of speech is seesawlike?
Seesawlike is an adjective.

Words near seesawlike in the dictionary

  1. sees yellow
  2. seesaw
  3. seesawed
  4. seesawing
  5. seesawings
  6. seesawlike
  7. seesaws
  8. seesawy
  9. Seese
  10. seesee
  11. seesees

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