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buzz saw
noun
A powerful, noisy, motorized saw, typically having a rotary blade with large teeth, sometimes portable and sometimes mounted into a table.
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Then came the lobbying buzz saw.
They all backed into a buzz saw.
Sony's Xperia Z got caught in this marketing buzz saw.
"We've run into a little buzz saw," Nick Swisher said.
"They didn't realize they were running into a buzz saw".
"We just ran into a buzz saw," he said.
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These harmonics are commonly known as the "buzz-saw" tones.
The detailed measurements reveal the effect of an acoustic liner on buzz-saw noise.
From this the in-duct noise level of the buzz-saw tones can be determined.
Also these measurements have been utilized to assess a buzz-saw noise prediction method.
Rotor-alone tones are the key component of buzz-saw noise.
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