Serpentine (disambiguation) — The word serpentine may refer to:* Serpentine shape, an object or design shaped like the letter S or like a snake * The S shaped riding figure used when training horses. * Serpentine group, a common mineral group * Serpentine belt, a type of… … Wikipedia
Serpentine — Ser pen*tine, a. [L. serpentinus: cf. F. serpentin.] Resembling a serpent; having the shape or qualities of a serpent; subtle; winding or turning one way and the other, like a moving serpent; anfractuous; meandering; sinuous; zigzag; as,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Serpentine (lake) — Infobox lake lake name = Serpentine image lake = Serpentine Bridge along Long Water.jpg caption lake = Serpentine Bridge from Kensington Gardens image bathymetry = caption bathymetry = location = London, England coords =… … Wikipedia
serpentine — 1. adjective /ˈsəːpəntaɪn,ˈsɚːpəntaɪn/ a) Sinuous; curving in alternate directions. The serpentine path through the mountains was narrow and dangerous. b) Having the shape or form of a snake. There are serpentine species of lizards which do not… … Wiktionary
serpentine — [[t]sɜ͟ː(r)pəntaɪn[/t]] ADJ GRADED Something that is serpentine is curving and winding in shape, like a snake when it moves. [LITERARY] ...serpentine woodland pathways. Syn: winding … English dictionary
serpentine — Of shape, sinuous or snake like, e.g. the trunks of large, old plants of Dioon merolae; of a substrate, containing magnesium silicate and usually dull green, e.g. the soil where Macrozamia serpentina grows … Expanded glossary of Cycad terms
List of mathematics articles (S) — NOTOC S S duality S matrix S plane S transform S unit S.O.S. Mathematics SA subgroup Saccheri quadrilateral Sacks spiral Sacred geometry Saddle node bifurcation Saddle point Saddle surface Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics Safe prime Safe… … Wikipedia
Serpent (instrument) — An illustration of a Serpent. A serpent is a bass wind instrument, descended from the cornett, and a distant ancestor of the tuba, with a mouthpiece like a brass instrument but side holes like a woodwind. It is usually a long cone bent into a… … Wikipedia
Forces of Darkness (Power Rangers) — The fictional villains of the Power Rangers universe that appeared in the television series Power Rangers Mystic Force are magical beings that dwell underground, known as the Forces of Darkness; they were also referred to as the Morlocks in… … Wikipedia
serpent — /serr peuhnt/, n. 1. a snake. 2. a wily, treacherous, or malicious person. 3. the Devil; Satan. Gen. 3:1 5. 4. a firework that burns with serpentine motion or flame. 5. an obsolete wooden wind instrument with a serpentine shape and a deep, coarse … Universalium
