pointerlike

From pointer + -like.

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pointerlike (comparative more pointerlike, superlative most pointerlike)

1. Like a pointer (needle-like indicator).
   • 1953, De Witt Wallace, Lila Bell Wallace, The Reader's Digest:

     Twins in many respects, each tube has a light-sensitive screen and a pointerlike beam of electrons.

2. Like a pointer (hunting dog).
   • 1980, Academic American Encyclopedia:

     Originally called the Weimar pointer, the dog is pointerlike in general outline and similar to the German short-haired pointer, only larger.

3. (computing, programming) Like a pointer (variable holding a memory address).
   • 1997, Sriram Srinivasan, Advanced Perl programming:

     You must resist the temptation to implement basic data structures such as linked lists and trees just because a pointerlike capability is available.

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