meander
(noun)
A decorative border constructed from a continuous line, shaped into a repeated motif.
Examples of meander in the following topics:
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Qualities of Line
- Meandering lines can be either geometric or expressive, and one can see how their indeterminate paths animate a surface to different degrees.
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The Softer the Topic, the Longer the Debate
- Although discussion can meander in any topic, the probability of meandering goes up as the technical difficulty of the topic goes down.
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Differences Between Public Speaking and Conversation
- Conversations can wander and meander without ever coming to a point.
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Mannerist Sculpture
- At the same time, precedence is given to the 'moto', that is, to the meandering movement, which should make the pyramid, in exact proportion, into the geometrical form of a cone."
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Kennedy's Assassination
- The actual route through Dallas was chosen to be a meandering 10 miles, which could be driven slowly in the allotted time.
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Temple Architecture in the Greek Orientalizing Period
- A meander runs atop the reliefs.
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Pottery in the Greek Geometric Period
- On the lip of the krater and on many registers of the amphora, is a decorative meander.
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The Last Byzantine Dynasty
- At the Battle of Meander Valley, a Turkic force was repelled and an earlier assault on Nicaea led to the death of the Seljuk Sultan.
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The Western Front
- The race resulted in no clear advantage for either the Central Powers or the Allies, who faced off and dug in along a meandering series of fortified trenches that ran up through eastern and northern France into Belgium, a line of “trench warfare” that remained essentially unchanged for most of the war.