Zigzag
Pattern made up of small corners at variable angles / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Zigzag (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Zagazig.
A zigzag is a pattern made up of small corners at variable angles, though constant within the zigzag, tracing a path between two parallel lines; it can be described as both jagged and fairly regular.
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In geometry, this pattern is described as a skew apeirogon. From the point of view of symmetry, a regular zigzag can be generated from a simple motif like a line segment by repeated application of a glide reflection.
Although the origin of the word is unclear, its first printed appearances were in French-language books and ephemera of the late 17th century.[1]