Möbius strip
nounUK /ˈmɜː.bi.əs stɹɪp/ · US /ˈmoʊ.bi.əs stɹɪp/
Etymology Named after August Ferdinand Möbius (1790–1868), one of two German mathematicians—the other being Johann Benedict Listing (1808–1882)—who independently discovered the strip at the same time (1858).
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Mathematics, Sciences, Topology A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses;
- Like a mind moving on a Möbius strip of events, one's consciousness goes over the same territory again and again without ever becoming aware of the nature of awareness.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 8:
- 1991, Theoni Pappas, More Joy of Mathematics, Wide World Publishing, page 117, B. F. Goodrich Co. has a patent for a Möbius strip conveyor belt. It lasts longer since the wear and tear is spread uniformly over the entire surface.
2 more examples
- A geometrical model of electron (positron) structure is presented based upon an object of two linked loops obtained by cutting a Möbius strip asymmetrically.1992, Speculations in Science and Technology, Volume 15, Elsevier Sequoia, page 221:
- Proust's novel grew and deepened into over 3,000 pages of everything and nothing: a Möbius strip of profundity twisting into mundanity, mundanity twisting into profundity.2013 November 16, Patrick McGuinness, “Who's afraid of Marcel Proust?”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), page R20:
› A one-sided surface formed by identifying…
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Mathematics, Sciences, Topology a narrow strip given a half twist and joined at the ends, forming a three-dimensional embedding of said surface.
- Synonyms
- Möbius band, Möbius loop, twisted cylinder
- Related terms
- Möbius group, Möbius scarf, projective plane, cross-cap, ♻, nonorientable