This article is about the design feature. For the mathematical concept, see Serpentine curve.
Serpentine lines in a plate from The Analysis of Beauty by William Hogarth
A serpentine shape is any of certain curved shapes of an object or design, which are suggestive of the shape of a snake (the adjective "serpentine" is derived from the word serpent). Serpentine shapes occur in architecture, in furniture, and in mathematics.
A serpentineshape is any of certain curved shapes of an object or design, which are suggestive of the shape of a snake (the adjective "serpentine" is...
against the back of the belt are included, forcing the belt into a serpentineshape. To accommodate this bidirectional flexing while remaining strong enough...
up Serpentine or serpentine in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Serpentine may refer to: Serpentineshape, a shape resembling a serpent Serpentine curve...
crankum, sinusoidal, serpentine, ribbon or wavy wall, is an unusual type of structural or garden wall built in a serpentineshape with alternating curves...
The Serpentine (also known as the Serpentine River) is a 40-acre (16 ha) recreational lake in Hyde Park, London, England, created in 1730 at the behest...
drainage area is over 14,000 square miles (36,000 km2). The lake's serpentineshape has earned it the nickname "the Missouri Dragon", which has, in turn...
electricity. In Armenian mythology, shapeshifters include the Nhang, a serpentine river monster that can transform itself into a woman or seal, and will...
earthquakes recorded in a "zigzag line" form by using seismograph. Serpentineshape Infinite skew polygon Liberman, Anatoly (2009). Word Origins...And...
(German: Malojaschlange), a low-lying cloud so named for its long, serpentineshape. The Maloja Wind is a Foehn-type wind that occurs in the upper Engadin...
improvement on Drais's, being notably more elegant: his wooden frame had a serpentineshape instead of Drais's straight one, allowing the use of larger wheels...
clearly defined outer boundaries and sometimes take on convoluted serpentineshapes. The closest and largest dark nebulae are visible to the naked eye...
curve—often seen in architecture and building trades—that has a serpentine- or extended S-shape (sigmoid).: 218 Ogees consist of a "double curve", the combination...
him the Semitic goddesses Anat and Astarte as consorts. Due to his serpentineshape, Apep was said to have originated from Ra's umbilical cord. See Apep...
directly from the Morris original. It often features carving and serpentineshapes. These chairs were produced in the hundreds of thousands from about...
while the painter, as he leans back to admire his work, forms the serpentineshape that Hogarth identified as the "line of beauty". Thomas Clerk, in his...
shapes have metaphorical names, i.e., their names are metaphors: these shapes are named after a most common object that has it. For example, "U-shape"...
(63,800 kW). During a refit in 1924 the fore funnel was rebuilt in a serpentineshape in an unsuccessful effort to prevent smoke interference with the bridge...
from the East Front and the approach drive, were excavated into a serpentineshape. Some of Flitcroft's outbuildings were demolished, though not Carr's...
The serpentine dance is a form of dance that was popular throughout the United States and Europe in the 1890s, becoming a staple of stage shows and early...
the name "Bitukang Manok" (Tagalog for "Chicken Gut"), due to the serpentineshape of its waterway.[citation needed] Among its early dwellers were ethnic...
interaction with the former layout and designed the new display in a Serpentineshape in order to bring guests into the exhibit to enhance the visual experience...
them. It was less than effective and the fore funnel was rebuilt in a serpentineshape in an unsuccessful effort during a refit in 1924. That funnel was eliminated...
also called continuous wave, in which a single wire is bent into a serpentineshape up to several meters long. U-Pin technology is the most common of these...
greensand in the western Weald. The path takes its name both from its serpentineshape and from passing through habitat of all three British species of snake...
worldwide. It was launched in the UK in 1970. Its shape resembles three flattened, intertwined serpentine strings. The bar is made of chocolate-coated caramel...
are either tilted or bent into serpentineshape so as to force the waves to travel the longer-inclined or serpentine path. The three-dimensional contour...
Poet Anna Seward was instrumental in landscaping the pool into a serpentineshape and developing a 'New Walk' along its southern bank. By the mid 19th...
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