'Moebius strip' definitions:
Definition of 'Moebius strip'
From: GCIDE
- 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]