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Serpentine shape
Snake-like curve / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the design feature. For the mathematical concept, see Serpentine curve.
A serpentine shape is any of certain curved shapes of an object or design, which are suggestive of the shape of a snake (the adjective "serpentine" is derived from the word serpent). Serpentine shapes occur in architecture, in furniture, and in mathematics.
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