Back متعرج Arabic Зігзаг Byelorussian Igam-ogam Welsh Zickzack-Muster German Zigzago Esperanto Zigzag Spanish زیگزاگ (الگو) Persian Siksak Finnish Zigzag French זיגזג HE
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.
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]
- ^ Liberman, Anatoly (2009). Word Origins...And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-538707-0.