Serpentine shape

A serpentine road

Serpentine refers to the curved shape of an object or design which resembles the letter s, a sine wave or a snake; the latter is the derivation of the term.

Examples

• Several Serpentine Rivers in the world, including

Serpentine River, New Zealand

Serpentine River (Tasmania), Australia

Serpentine River (Western Australia)

Serpentine River (British Columbia), Canada

Serpentine River (New Brunswick), Canada

The River Westbourne and Serpentine (lake), London, England (formerly known as the Serpentine River).

• This shape is often used while riding horses as a riding figure, to help train the animal and help improve the rider.
• Boustrophedon text is ordered in a serpentine fashion.
• The zigzag entropy coding used in JPEG images is evocative of the serpentine.
• Thomas Jefferson designed serpentine brick walls for the University of Virginia. [1] [2]
• Sigmoid function
• Line of Beauty