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möbius strip.

Noun
Sci-FiHorrorSettingTechnical
MEANING

A one-sided surface with a single boundary edge, conventionally modeled by joining the ends of a strip after a half twist.

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a route returning with reversed orientation; one-sided geometry used as a fiction motif; an established surface distinguished from supernatural proof

Words that belong together

  • a Möbius strip
  • a Möbius-strip model

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She traced the Möbius strip’s surface without crossing its edge.
The station diagram resembled a Möbius strip, though the engineer cautioned against taking the analogy literally.

Related words

Möbius bandmoebius strip (spelling variant)nonorientable surface
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Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular möbius strip; plural möbius strips. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.

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