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zigzag
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Zigzag \Zig"zag`\, n. [F. zigzag, G. zickzack, from zacke, zacken, a dentil, tooth. Cf. Tack a small nail.]
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Something that has short turns or angles.
The fanatics going straight forward and openly, the politicians by the surer mode of zigzag.
--Burke. (Arch.) A molding running in a zigzag line; a chevron, or series of chevrons. See Illust. of Chevron,
3. (Fort.) See Boyau.
Zigzag \Zig"zag`\, a. Having short, sharp turns; running this way and that in an onward course.
Zigzag \Zig"zag`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Zigzagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Zigzagging.] To form with short turns.
Zigzag \Zig"zag`\, v. i.
To move in a zigzag manner; also, to have a zigzag shape.
--R. Browning.
Wiktionary
Moving in, or having a zigzag. adv. in a zigzag manner or pattern n. 1 a line or path that proceeds by sharp turns in alternate directions 2 one of such sharp turns v
To move or to twist in a zigzag manner.
WordNet
adj. having short sharp turns or angles
[also: zigzagging, zigzagged]
n. an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions [syn: zig, zag]
adv. in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path; "birds flew zigzag across the blue sky"
v. travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside" [syn: crank]
[also: zigzagging, zigzagged]
Wikipedia
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.
The origin of the word is unclear. Its first printed appearance was in French books in the late 17th century.
Zigzag, ZigZag, zig zag, zig-zag, zig zak or zig-zak is a jagged, regular pattern. It may also refer to:
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 on an information structure called a zzstructure and its interactive visualizations. Nelson's stated goal is on one hand a platform for the Project Xanadu hypertext and on the other a complete computing system built on new conventions. Instead of the conventional textual formats and tree structures, zzstructure is a multidimensional extension of a spreadsheet whose cells can contain various kinds of data.
Zig Zag is a 1963 film produced by Albert Zugsmith starring George Nader. It was made in the Philippines.
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. The magazine was noted for its thorough interviews, well-researched articles, innovative "rock family trees" by Frame, and support for American songwriters such as Michael Nesmith, Mickey Newbury, Gene Clark, etc.
It was edited by Pete Frame for the first 29 issues – up to February 1973. Frame later said: "None of the English music papers wrote about the music I liked. They all concentrated on popular acts, but I was interested in the Underground scene. So I decided to start a magazine for people who liked the same kind of music I did. I called it Zigzag after the Captain Beefheart track " Zigzag Wanderer" and also the cigarette papers, which were used for rolling joints."
Pete Frame's "rock family trees" first appeared in ZigZag. Very basic examples appeared in issue #14 The Byrds (August 1970) and issue #17 John Mayall (Dec 1970 – Jan 1971). The first "rock family tree" to be presented in the format that Frame would become well known for was in issue #21 Al Kooper (July 1971).
John Tobler joined immediately after the start-up and wrote for ZigZag from issue #2 onwards under the name John HT (his full name being John Hugen-Tobler). He wrote under the name John Tobler from issue #16 (October 1970) onwards.
After dying a first time, the magazine was taken over by Tony Stratton-Smith, founder of Charisma Records, and became a regular monthly from January 1974 with even some colour inside. Stratton-Smith also financed The Amazing ZigZag Concert on 28 April 1974, to celebrate the magazine's fifth birthday. Issues #30 (March 1973) to #40 (April 1974) were edited by Connor McKnight, with Andy Childs becoming editor from issue #42 (June 1974) for about 18 months. Andy Childs originally had his own fanzine, Fat Angel. This period was marked by more musical British influence such as pub rock and the precursor of punk ( Dr. Feelgood, The Stranglers). Pete Frame became editor again from issue #58 (March 1976) to issue #74 (July 1977) – with the exception of three of those issues where Paul Kendall was editor.
Appointed as editor in August 1977, a major revolution was led by Kris Needs which saw ZigZag going though a third period where the magazine was totally devoted to punk. It was also around this time that Pete Frame distanced himself and published the first book of his famous series of 'rock trees' tracing changing personnel line-ups in the rock music world.
ZigZag continued to be published in London and edited by Needs until the end of 1981 when Mick Mercer took over editorial duties. In April 1982, the ZigZag Club live music venue was opened at 22-24 Great Western Road, London W9. By the end of the year it had closed. The magazine ceased publication for a period during 1983 and was then re-launched for a fourth period, in October 1983, with Mick Mercer as editor, covering post-punk and early goth. It ceased publication with its final issue in January 1986 – having published approximately 140 issues of rock journalism. There was a failed attempt to relaunch the magazine in June 1990, with just one issue being published.
ZigZag was purchased in July 1988 from Northern & Shell, who had amalgamated it with music equipment title "one two testing". Jim Maguire, who had been Business Manager of ZigZag in the Seventies, persuaded Richard Desmond (Northern & Shell) to sell him the title. Maguire believed he had secured a sound publishing deal with EMAP, who purchased the title in October 1989. However, EMAP closed ZigZag after just one issue (May 1990) and then produced Mojo, a new rock monthly, some months later. In accordance with the terms of the contract, the ZigZag title and the intellectual copyright then reverted to Jim Maguire in January 1994
Usage examples of "zigzag".
Some of the flashes branched out in a thousand different directions, making coralliform zigzags, and threw out wonderful jets of arborescent light.
Zigzagging to avoid large stars which could disrupt a blink generator and send a ship and its contents into limbo for eternity, the ship blinked and rested, bunked and rested, traveling the Orion Arm in seven-league boots, covering distances which strained the imagination in an instant, held back only by the need to rest, to recharge, to build for the next jump.
When the griffins wearily leveled out, heads bent down between their spread wings, ready to soar or sideslip if the thing came for them, the blueness leaped into a long flash of azure light, rushing in zigzags underneath them faster even than lightning, and disappeared into the distance behind.
Michael Bowden and Marita zigzagged through the deep jungle, looking for the trail of the six men.
Joe was driving up the narrow zigzag road leading to the height of the cedared ridge.
Happily there was not much of this exhausting work, for, just as higher and darker ranges, densely wooded with cryptomeria, began to close us in, we emerged upon a fine new road, broad enough for a carriage, which, after crossing two ravines on fine bridges, plunges into the depths of a magnificent forest, and then by a long series of fine zigzags of easy gradients ascends the pass of Yadate, on the top of which, in a deep sandstone cutting, is a handsome obelisk marking the boundary between Akita and Aomori ken.
Whilst describing such figures, the apex often travels in a zigzag line, or makes small subordinate loops or triangles.
In several other cases, for instance, when a leaf after describing during the day one or more fairly regular ellipses, zigzags much in the evening, it appears as if energy was being expended, so that the great evening rise or fall might coincide with the period of the day proper for this movement.
It returned also in a zigzag line, and then circumnutated regularly, describing three large ellipses during the remainder of the day.
Five hundred feet only separated the explorers from the plateau, which they wished to reach so as to establish there an encampment for the night, but these five hundred feet were increased to more than two miles by the zigzags which they had to describe.
There was a bunch of haole highschool kids, thin-limbed in swimsuits, out there on a picnic and running yelling up and down the zigzag path down the bluff to the beach where somebody had once blasted out a hundred yards of coral reef to make a swimming place, the boys chasing the girls and the girls being chased by the boys.
He glanced up to see Carina hopping and leaping madly, like a jerboa, while the Harnish shaman darted in zigzags and circles like a stoat while beating on the skin drum.
Just when it seemed the gunner had the T-34 in his sights, the Russian skidded, turned full to the side like a slalom skier kicking up dirt instead of snow, then raced across the center line back to the right in an extraordinary zigzag.
For thirteen more lunchless hours, they zigzagged among mossy boulders and through sopping streamers of feverish heat, attended by squadrons of black flies that refused to quit them until a late afternoon downpour literally drowned the biting bugs in midair.
It took us about a quarter of an hour to zigzag inland and find a road: a straightish, narrowish, newish concrete affair.