zigzag
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thumb|Drawing of a zigzag thumb|A road in Akiruno, Tokyo|Akiruno, [[Japan designed with switchbacks]] thumb|right|A seismograph showing zigzag lines A zigzag is a pattern like a row of Ws joined together, consisting of a single line made up of line segments of usually constant length joined by usually constant angles in alternating directions.
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- Instance of
- geometric shape
- Subclass of
- polygonal chain
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- Commons category
- Zigzags
- described by source
- Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language
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- Examples of zigzags
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thumb|Drawing of a zigzag thumb|A road in Akiruno, Tokyo|Akiruno, [[Japan designed with switchbacks]] thumb|right|A seismograph showing zigzag lines A zigzag is a pattern like a row of Ws joined together, consisting of a single line made up of line segments of usually constant length joined by usually constant angles in alternating directions.
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.
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