Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pointerlike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: point-er-like
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Like a pointer (needle-like indicator).

adj

Like a pointer (hunting dog).

adj

Like a pointer (variable holding a memory address).

Example Sentences

"Twins in many respects, each tube has a light-sensitive screen and a pointerlike beam of electrons."
"Originally called the Weimar pointer, the dog is pointerlike in general outline and similar to the German short-haired pointer, only larger."
"You must resist the temptation to implement basic data structures such as linked lists and trees just because a pointerlike capability is available."

Etymology

Etymology tree English pointer Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English pointerlike From pointer + -like.

Inflected Forms

more pointerlike (comparative) most pointerlike (superlative)

Questions

What does pointerlike mean?: Like a pointer (needle-like indicator).
Where does pointerlike come from?: Etymology tree English pointer Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -like English -like English pointerlike From pointer + -like.

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