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Serpentine shape

Serpentine refers to the curved shape of an object or design which resembles the letter

Letter (alphabet)

A letter is an element in an alphabetic system of writing, such as the Greek alphabet and its descendants. Each letter in the written language is usually associated with one phoneme in the spoken form of the language....
s

S

S is the nineteenth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is spelled ess or generally es- when part of a compound word, plural esses....
, a sine wave

Sine wave

The sine wave or sinusoid is a function that occurs often in mathematics, physics, signal processing, hearing , electrical engineering, and many other fields....
or a snake

Snake

Snakes are elongate legless carnivore reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears....
; the latter is the derivation of the term.

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Serpentine refers to the curved shape of an object or design which resembles the letter

Letter (alphabet)

A letter is an element in an alphabetic system of writing, such as the Greek alphabet and its descendants. Each letter in the written language is usually associated with one phoneme in the spoken form of the language....
s

S

S is the nineteenth letter in the modern Latin alphabet. Its name in English language is spelled ess or generally es- when part of a compound word, plural esses....
, a sine wave

Sine wave

The sine wave or sinusoid is a function that occurs often in mathematics, physics, signal processing, hearing , electrical engineering, and many other fields....
or a snake

Snake

Snakes are elongate legless carnivore reptiles of the suborder Serpentes that can be distinguished from legless lizards by their lack of eyelids and external ears....
; the latter is the derivation of the term.

Examples

This shape is often used while riding horses as a riding figure
Riding figures

Riding figures are figures performed in a riding academy, usually for training purposes. Figures may also be performed out in a field or other open area, but a riding arena provides markers that can help indicate the correctness in the size or shape of a figure....
, to help train the animal and help improve the rider.
Boustrophedon
Boustrophedon

Boustrophedon , is an ancient way of writing manuscripts and other inscriptions.Rather than going from left to right as in modern English language, or right to left as in Hebrew language and Arabic language, alternate lines must be read in opposite directions....
text is ordered in a serpentine fashion.
The zigzag entropy coding
JPEG

In computing, JPEG is a commonly used method of for photographic images. The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality....
used in JPEG images
JPEG

In computing, JPEG is a commonly used method of for photographic images. The degree of compression can be adjusted, allowing a selectable tradeoff between storage size and image quality....
is evocative of the serpentine.
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States....
designed serpentine brick walls for the University of Virginia
University of Virginia

The University of Virginia is a public university research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, founded by Thomas Jefferson. Conceived by 1800 and established in 1819, it is the only university in the United States to be designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, an honor it shares with nearby Monticello....
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Sigmoid function
Sigmoid function

Many natural processes and complex system learning curve display a history dependent progression from small beginnings that accelerates and approaches a climax over time....
Line of Beauty
Line of Beauty

The Line of Beauty is a term and a theory in Art or Aesthetics used to describe an S-shaped curved line appearing within an object, as the boundary line of an object, or as a virtual boundary line formed by the composition of several objects....