Examples of Zigzags
Lightning and other electrical hazards are often depicted with a zigzag design, with long downward strokes and short backward ones.
The trace of a triangle wave or a sawtooth wave is a zigzag.
Pinking shears are designed to cut cloth or paper with a zigzag edge, to lessen fraying.
Zigzags are a basic decorative pattern used on pottery, and are often seen in the cuts which separate pieces of ravioli pasta.
In sewing, a zigzag stitch is a machine stitch in a zigzag pattern.
The zigzag arch: voussoir (rippled and plain) and Ablaq are architectural embellishments used in Islamic, Byzantine, Norman and Romanesque architecture.
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