Zig zag
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Zigzag
is a jagged, regular pattern.
Zig zag, Zig Zag, Zigzag, or Zig-zag may also refer to:
Zigzag
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....
is a jagged, regular pattern.
Zig zag, Zig Zag, Zigzag, or Zig-zag may also refer to:
Animals
- Several types of salamander living in the U.S.:
- Southern Zigzag SalamanderSouthern Zigzag SalamanderThe Southern Zigzag Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.it lays it eggs in a cave during summer....
- Northern Zigzag SalamanderNorthern Zigzag SalamanderThe Northern Zigzag Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, rocky areas, and caves.It is threatened by habitat loss....
- Ozark Zigzag SalamanderOzark Zigzag SalamanderThe Ozark Zigzag Salamander is a species of salamander in the Plethodontidae family.It is endemic to the United States.Its natural habitats are temperate forests, freshwater springs, rocky areas, and caves....
- Southern Zigzag Salamander
- Zigzag BarbZigzag BarbZigzag Barb is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Barbus....
a ray-finned fish - Phasianella zigzagPhasianella zigzagPhasianella zigzag is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Phasianellidae....
a species of sea snail
Architecture
- Zig-zag moulding on Norman archesNorman architectureAbout|Romanesque architecture, primarily English|other buildings in Normandy|Architecture of Normandy.File:Durham Cathedral. Nave by James Valentine c.1890.jpg|thumb|200px|The nave of Durham Cathedral demonstrates the characteristic round arched style, though use of shallow pointed arches above the...
- Zigzag moderne, a term used in Art DecoArt DecoArt deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
Computer science
- Zig-zag productZig-zag productIn graph theory, the zig-zag product of regular graphs G,H, denoted by G \circ H, takes a large graph and a small graph , and produces a graph that approximately inherits the size of the large one but the degree of the small one...
, a method for constructing graphs in computational complexity - ZigZag (software)ZigZag (software)ZigZag is Ted Nelson's trademark on a data model he has designed for computer interaction, both for users and between programs. The design is centered around an information structure called a zzstructure and its interactive visualizations...
, a data model designed and patented by Ted Nelson - Zig-Zag, a tree-rotation variant used to balance splay treeSplay treeA splay tree is a self-adjusting binary search tree with the additional property that recently accessed elements are quick to access again. It performs basic operations such as insertion, look-up and removal in O amortized time. For many sequences of nonrandom operations, splay trees perform...
s - Zig-zag entropy coding, a method used in JPEG images to compress data
Electrical engineering
- Zigzag transformerZigzag transformerA Zigzag transformer is a special purpose transformer with a zigzag arrangement. It has primary windings but no secondary winding. One application is to derive an earth reference point for an ungrounded electrical system. Another is to control harmonic currents.As with other three-phase...
, an engineering device for electrical systems - Zig-zag in-line packageZig-zag in-line packageThe zig-zag in-line package or ZIP was a short-lived packaging technology for integrated circuits, particularly dynamic RAM chips. It was intended as a replacement for dual in-line packaging . A ZIP is an integrated circuit encapsulated in a slab of plastic, measuring about 3 mm x 30 mm...
, a short-lived packaging technology for integrated circuits
Film and television
- ZigZag (film)ZigZag (film)ZigZag is a 2002 film directed by David S. Goyer. The film was shot in Los Angeles, CA.-Plot:Dean Singer has terminal cancer, yet is determined to spend his last days taking care of his 15 year-old 'big brother program' protégé, Louis 'Zig Zag' Fletcher. Dean got Louis a dishwasher job in...
, a 2002 film directed by David S. Goyer - Zigzag (1970 film)Zigzag (1970 film)ZigZag is a 1970 film directed by Richard A. Colla and starring George Kennedy.Kennedy plays an insurance executive who finds out he is dying. His family will receive nothing under his current policies, but there is a huge reward for information leading to the arrest of the murderer of a businessman...
, a 1970 film directed by Richard A. Colla - Zig Zag (Canadian TV series)Zig Zag (Canadian TV series)Zig Zag was a Canadian children's TV series produced by BCTV in Vancouver, British Columbia from 1980-1988. Among the hosts of the series were Terry David Mulligan, Susanne McLellan, Valri Bromfield, Mairlyn Smith, Bill Reiter, and Rick Ducommun. Norm Grohmann, Nicola Cavendish, and Ryan Stiles...
, a Canadian TV series - Zig and Zag (Australian performers)Zig and Zag (Australian performers)Zig and Zag – in real life Jack Perry and Doug McKenzie – were a clown duo who appeared on Australian television from 1956 to 1969 in Melbourne, beginning with Peters Fun Fair...
, Jack Perry and Doug McKenzie, a clown duo who appeared on Australian television from 1957-1969 - Zig Zag, an educational TV series on BBC SchoolsBBC SchoolsBBC Schools, also known as BBC for Schools and Colleges, is the educational programming strand set up by the BBC in 1957, broadcasting a range of educational programmes for children aged 5–16. From launch until June 1983, programming was based on BBC One during the daytime, before programming was...
- ZigZag, the main villain from The Thief and the CobblerThe Thief and the CobblerThe Thief and the Cobbler is an animated feature film, famous for its animation and its long, troubled history. The film was conceived by Canadian animator Richard Williams, who worked 28 years on the project. Beginning production in 1964, Williams intended The Thief and the Cobbler to be his...
Music
- Zig Zag (The Hooters album)Zig Zag (The Hooters album)Zig Zag is the fourth studio album by American rock band The Hooters and was released in 1989.-Background:With Zig Zag, The Hooters moved toward a more political and folk music direction, contrasting significantly with their previous light-hearted songs...
- Zig Zag (Tha Mexakinz album)
Other media
- Zig Zag GirlZig Zag GirlThe Zig-Zag Girl illusion is a magic trick akin to the more famous sawing a woman in half illusion. In the Zig-Zag illusion, a magician divides his or her assistant into thirds, only to have the assistant emerge from the illusion at the end of the performance completely unharmed.Since its invention...
, a magic trick invented by Robert Harbin in the mid-1960s - ZigZag (magazine)ZigZag (magazine)ZigZag was a British rock music magazine. It was started by Pete Frame and the first edition rolled off the printing presses on 16 April 1969...
, a UK rock music magazine - Zig Zag (manga)Zig Zag (manga)Zig Zag is a Japanese shōjo manga written and illustrated by Yuki Nakaji.The series revolves around the lives of a group of students living in Kazami Dormitory of Seifu Private School in Japan...
, a manga series by Yuki Nakaji - Zig Zag (video game)Zig Zag (video game)Zig Zag is a maze video game written by Ed Hickman and published by dk'tronics in 1984. It was released for the ZX Spectrum and the Commodore 64.-Gameplay:...
, a 1984 video game - Zig and Zag (puppets)Zig and Zag (puppets)Zig and Zag are an Irish puppet duo performed by Mick O'Hara and Ciaran Morrison.The characters are a pair of furry extraterrestrial twins from the planet Zog. They made their television début on RTÉs Dempsey's Den in 1987. A year later they won a Jacob's Award for TV Personalities of the year...
, an Irish puppet duo performed by Mick O'Hara and Ciaran Morrison
Geography
- One of several places in the Mount Hood Corridor in Oregon:
- Zigzag, OregonZigzag, OregonZigzag is an unincorporated community in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. It is located within the Mount Hood Corridor, between Rhododendron and Welches on U.S. Route 26...
- Zigzag RiverZigzag RiverThe Zigzag River is a tributary, about long, of the Sandy River in the U.S. state of Oregon. The Zigzag and one of its major tributaries, the Little Zigzag River, drain the Zigzag Glacier on Mount Hood, a high volcanic peak in the Cascade Range. Their waters flow westward to meet the Sandy River...
and Little Zigzag River - Zigzag Glacier on Mount HoodMount HoodMount Hood, called Wy'east by the Multnomah tribe, is a stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc of northern Oregon. It was formed by a subduction zone and rests in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States...
- Zigzag Ranger StationZigzag Ranger StationThe Zigzag Ranger Station is a Forest Service compound consisting of twenty rustic buildings located in Oregon’s Mount Hood National Forest. It was built as the administrative headquarters for the Zigzag Ranger District. It is located in the small unincorporated community of Zigzag, Oregon...
- Zigzag, Oregon
- Zigzag PassZigzag PassZigzag Pass is a pass through the west portion of Wilckens Peaks in South Georgia, leading from Kohl Plateau to the head of Esmark Glacier. Descriptively named by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1982 from the zigzag folding of the rocks in the pass....
on the island of South Georgia - Zig Zag Pass, site of the Struggle on Zig Zag Pass in the Philippines during World War II
- Zigzag IslandZigzag IslandZigzag Island is a small island close off the south coast of Tower Island, Palmer Archipelago. The name applied by United Kingdom Antarctic Place-Names Committee is descriptive of the island in plan; it is deeply indented, with steep cliff faces....
off the coast of Antarctica - Zigzag BluffZigzag BluffZigzag Bluff is a rock bluff at the foot of Herbert Range, overlooking Ross Ice Shelf about 5 miles west of the terminus of Axel Heiberg Glacier. Probably first seen by Roald Amundsen in 1911, the bluff was roughly mapped by the Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1928-30...
in Antarctica
Mathematics and cryptography
- Zig-zag lemmaZig-zag lemmaIn mathematics, particularly homological algebra, the zig-zag lemma asserts the existence of a particular long exact sequence in the homology groups of certain chain complexes...
, a mathematical lemma in homological algebra - Zigzag poset, another term for a partially ordered set in mathematics commonly called a fence (mathematics)Fence (mathematics)In mathematics, a fence, also called a zigzag poset, is a partially ordered set in which the order relations form a path with alternating orientations:orA fence may be finite, or it may be formed by an infinite alternating sequence extending in both directions.A linear extension of a fence is...
- Zigzag cipher, a type of cipher, or code
Railroads
- Zig Zag (railway)Zig Zag (railway)A railway zig zag, also called a switchback, is a way of climbing hills in difficult country with a minimal need for tunnels and heavy earthworks. For a short distance , the direction of travel is reversed, before the original direction is resumed.A location on railways constructed e.g...
, a construction technique railroads use to climb hills; also called a switchback - One of several railway-related places in New South Wales:
- Zig Zag railway station, New South WalesZig Zag railway station, New South Wales-Neighbouring stations:...
, a railway station on the CityRail network near Lithgow - Zig Zag RailwayZig Zag RailwayThe Zig Zag Railway is a heritage railway at Lithgow in New South Wales, Australia on the site of the famous Great or Lithgow Zig Zag which operated between 1869 and 1910. As built, the line formed part of the Main West line from Sydney across the Blue Mountains and served to lower the line from...
, a heritage railway located near Lithgow - Lapstone Zig ZagLapstone Zig ZagThe Lapstone Zig Zag was a ##Zig Zag #railway#|zig zag railway## built near ##Lapstone, New South Wales|Lapstone## on the ##Main Western railway line, New South Wales|Great Western Railway## of ##New South Wales## in ##Australia## between 1863 and 1865, to overcome an otherwise insurmountable climb...
, a walking track on the line of an abandoned railway
- Zig Zag railway station, New South Wales
- Kalamunda Zig ZagKalamunda Zig ZagThe Kalamunda Zig Zag was completed in 1891, as part of the Upper Darling Range Railway line in Western Australia which was built by the Canning Jarrah Timber Company to supply railway sleepers to Perth's growing railway system....
in Western Australia - Zig Zag Bridge, an alternate name of Perry BridgePerry BridgePerry Bridge, also known as the Zig Zag Bridge, is a bridge over the River Tame in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England. Built in 1711, it is said to be the oldest surviving structure in Birmingham. It is a scheduled ancient monument and a Grade II listed building.The bridge was built, in the 18th...
, a 1711 bridge over River Tame in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England
Other uses
- Agent Zigzag, code name of Eddie Chapman, a British double agent
- Mauser Zig-ZagMauser Zig-ZagThe Zig-Zag was a single action revolver manufactured by Mauser during the late 19th century. It is chambered in a 6mm calibre round and is fed from a 6 round grooved drum hence the name of the revolver....
, a 19th-century revolver - USS Zigzag (SP-106)USS Zigzag (SP-106)USS Zigzag was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.Zigzag was a wooden-hulled motorboat completed in May 1916 by the A. E. Luders Construction Company of Stamford, Connecticut. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy from T. J...
, a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919 - Zig-zag bridgeZig-zag bridgeA zig-zag bridge is a pedestrian bridge composed of short segments, each set at an angle relative to its neighbors and usually with an alternating right and left turn required when traveling across the bridge...
, a type of pedestrian walkway - Zig-Zag (company)Zig-Zag (company)Zig-Zag is a brand of rolling papers that originated in France. It is marketed in the USA by National Tobacco, in Europe by Republic Technologies, and in Japan by Tsuge Pipes...
, a tobacco products company - ZigZag, a ticketing scheme in Derbyshire, UK, by bus operator Trent Barton
- Zig-zag chair, designed by Gerrit RietveldGerrit RietveldGerrit Thomas Rietveld was a Dutch furniture designer and architect. One of the principal members of the Dutch artistic movement called De Stijl, Rietveld is famous for his Red and Blue Chair and for the Rietveld Schröder House, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.-Biography:Rietveld was born in...