mobius strip

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mobius strip - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Mobius strip \Mo"bi*us strip`\, Mobius strip \M["o]"bi*us
  strip`\, Moebius strip \Moe"bi*us strip`\, n. [From August F.
     M["o]bius, a German mathematician.]
     A mathematical object, or a physical representation of it,
     which is a two-dimensional sheet with only one surface. It is
     constructed or visualized as a rectangle, one end of which is
     held fixed while the opposite end is twisted through a 180
     degree angle and joined to the fixed end. It is a
     two-dimensional object that can only exist in a
     three-dimensional space.
     [PJC]
  
     Note: The moebius strip was the subject of a famous woodcut
           by M. Escher, published in 1963. See [a
           href="images]mobius.jpg">Moebius Strip II.
           [PJC]

mobius strip - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Mobius strip
      n 1: 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 end