Möbius strip

Möbius strip

Mö·bi·us strip

M0359800 (mœ′bē-əs, mā′-, mō′-)n. A continuous one-sided surface that can be formed from a rectangular strip by rotating one end 180° and attaching it to the other end.

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[After August Ferdinand Möbius (1790-1868), German mathematician.]

Möbius strip

(ˈmɜːbɪəs; German ˈmøːbiʊs) n (Mathematics) maths a one-sided continuous surface, formed by twisting a long narrow rectangular strip of material through 180° and joining the ends[C19: named after August Möbius (1790–1868), German mathematician who invented it]

Möbius strip

Mö·bi·us strip

(mō′bē-əs) A continuous one-sided surface formed from a rectangular strip by rotating one end 180° and attaching it to the other end. Compare Klein bottle.

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1.Mobius strip - a continuous closed surface with only one side; formed from a rectangular strip by rotating one end 180 degrees and joining it with the other endsurface - the outer boundary of an artifact or a material layer constituting or resembling such a boundary; "there is a special cleaner for these surfaces"; "the cloth had a pattern of red dots on a white surface"

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