Herringbone
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Herringbone can refer to:
- A layout of airline seating – see Herringbone seatingHerringbone seatingA Herringbone seating arrangement describes the positioning of seats partially and equally askew in one direction. As the name suggests, the arrangement of the seats looks very similar to the skeleton of a fish, and has been called "fish-bone seats" in a few languages.The term is derived from the...
- A bonding pattern of brickwork, also known as opus spicatumOpus spicatumOpus spicatum, literally "spiked work," is a type of masonry construction used in Roman and medieval times. It consists of bricks, tiles or cut stone laid in a herringbone pattern.-Uses:...
- A weaving pattern of tweed or twill cloth – see Herringbone (cloth)Herringbone (cloth)Herringbone describes a distinctive V-shaped weaving pattern usually found in twill fabric. It is distinguished from a plain chevron by the break at reversal, which makes it resemble a broken zigzag. The pattern is called herringbone because it resembles the skeleton of a herring fish...
- A cross-stitchCross-stitchCross-stitch is a popular form of counted-thread embroidery in which X-shaped stitches in a tiled, raster-like pattern are used to form a picture. Cross-stitch is often executed on easily countable evenweave fabric called aida cloth. The stitcher counts the threads in each direction so that the...
pattern - A Herringbone patternHerringbone patternThe herringbone pattern is an arrangement of rectangles used for floor tilings and road pavement.The blocks can be rectangles or parallelograms...
– a floor tiling or paving pattern - A distortion pattern from deinterlacing video called mouse teethMouse teethMouse teeth or herringbone pattern is the term for a distortion arising from deinterlacing video. They occur when two frames combined for deinterlacing are noticeably different...
- A method of counting used with the unary numeral systemUnary numeral systemThe unary numeral system is the bijective base-1 numeral system. It is the simplest numeral system to represent natural numbers: in order to represent a number N, an arbitrarily chosen symbol representing 1 is repeated N times. For example, using the symbol | , the number 6 is represented as ||||||...
- A technique of moving one's skis while cross-country skiingCross-country skiingCross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...
- Herringbone gearHerringbone gearA herringbone gear, also known as a double helical gear, is a special type of gear which is a side to side combination of two helical gears of opposite hands. Unlike helical gears they can sustain axial load smoothly...
, a type of gear - Herringbone cross-stratificationHerringbone cross-stratificationHerring bone cross-stratification is type of sedimentary structure formed in tidal areas, where the current periodically flows in the opposite direction.-Formation:...
, a sedimentary structure in geology that is formed from back-and-forth tidal water flow - The Herringbone reconstruction, a reconstructionSurface reconstructionSurface reconstruction refers to the process by which atoms at the surface of a crystal assume a different structure than that of the bulk. Surface reconstructions are important in that they help in the understanding of surface chemistry for various materials, especially in the case where another...
of the gold atoms of the Au(111) surface - A type of braidedBraidA braid is a complex structure or pattern formed by intertwining three or more strands of flexible material such as textile fibres, wire, or human hair...
hairstyleHairstyleA hairstyle, hairdo, or haircut refers to the styling of hair, usually on the human head. The fashioning of hair can be considered an aspect of personal grooming, fashion, and cosmetics, although practical, cultural, and popular considerations also influence some hairstyles.-History of...
, which is also known as a fishtail braid
See also
- HerringHerringHerring is an oily fish of the genus Clupea, found in the shallow, temperate waters of the North Pacific and the North Atlantic oceans, including the Baltic Sea. Three species of Clupea are recognized. The main taxa, the Atlantic herring and the Pacific herring may each be divided into subspecies...
: the fish whose bones are the namesake of the "herringbone" pattern.