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by repeated application of a glide reflection.

Although the origin of the word is unclear, its first printed appearances were in French-language books and ephemera of the late 17th century.

Examples of zigzags

* In civil engineering, a switchback is a technique used since antiquity -- in places including Machu Picchu -- to build a road or path along steep terrain

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