page_title: Zigzag
hierarchical_section_title: Zigzag
context_page_description: 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.
  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.
context_section_description: 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.
  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.
caption: Drawing of a zigzag.