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A '''zigzag''' is a [[pattern]] made up of many small corners at an [[angle|acute angle]], 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]]:

:/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\

Equally it is the juxtaposition of [[chevron]]s.

A car, for example, could move in a zigzag, that is, not going straight, but instead moving left and right and left and so on. The trace of a [[triangle wave]] or a [[sawtooth wave]] could be described as a ''zigzag''. [[Pinking shears]] are designed to cut cloth with a zigzag edge, to lessen fraying. Zigzags are a basic decorative pattern used on [[pottery]].

In [[sewing]], a '''zigzag stitch''' is a [[sewing machine|machine]] stitch in a zigzag pattern. Tightly space zigzag stitches are used to emulate [[embroidery stitch]]es such as satin stitch, and to reinforce [[buttonhole]]s.

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'''ZigZag''' is also the name of the first cutting-edge UK rock music magazine. Started in 1969 by Peter Frame (later famous for his innovatory 'rock trees' tracing changing personnel line-ups in the rock music world) the magazine continued to be published in [[London]] through the 1970s until the establishment of [[punk rock]].

== See also ==
* [[Zig zag]]
* [[Zig Zag (railway)]]
* [[Zell Miller|Zig Zag Zell]]

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