Arabesque:
The arabesque is a form of artistic decoration consisting of “surface decorations based on rhythmic linear patterns of scrolling and interlacing foliage, tendrils” or plain lines, often combined with other elements. [Wikipedia]
There are other definitions, relating to ballet & music. Seen in Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, by Carlo Rovelli, pp 67-68:
Within the immense ocean of galaxies and stars we are in a remote corner; amid the infinite arabesques of forms that constitute reality, we are merely a flourish among innumerably many such flourishes.
Three remarks.
- Arabesque is an immensely difficult word for a touch typist.
- It is unclear whether this definition is applicable or not.
- I didn’t finish reading the chapter containing the quote. No doubt this is reflective of a personal failing, and not of a defect in the author.
