Möbius strip

American  

[mœ-bee-uhs strip, mey‐, moh‐] / ˈmœ bi əs ˌstrɪp, ˈmeɪ‐, ˈmoʊ‐ /

noun

Geometry.

1. a continuous, one-sided surface formed by twisting one end of a rectangular strip through 180° about the longitudinal axis of the strip and attaching this end to the other.

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Möbius strip British  

/ ˈmɜːbɪəs, ˈmøːbiʊs /

noun

1. maths a one-sided continuous surface, formed by twisting a long narrow rectangular strip of material through 180° and joining the ends

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Möbius strip Scientific  

/ mō′bē-əs /

1. A continuous one-sided surface formed by rotating one end of a rectangular strip 180° and attaching it to the other end.

2. Compare Klein bottle

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Etymology

Origin of Möbius strip

1900–05; named after A. F. Möbius ( def. )

Example Sentences

“It’s almost an impossible construction,” Haviv said of the design, which twists around itself like a Möbius strip.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2023

Imagine that “the Möbius strip was actually a hologram, a kind of ghostly graphical projection into three-dimensional space,” Schwartz says.

From Scientific American • Sep. 12, 2023

Just as the Beltway is a Möbius strip of mobility, so those signs transcend narrative.

From Washington Post • May 1, 2023

In both this work and her captivating 2020 play “Stew,” a finalist for the 2021 Pulitzer Prize, Howard writes her characters into a Möbius strip of trauma and injustice that is Black American history.

From New York Times • Mar. 21, 2023

It was a Möbius strip of a subject.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day