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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈmɜː.bi.əs stɹɪp/ [UK], /ˈməʊ.bi.əs stɹɪp/ [UK], /ˈmoʊ.bi.əs stɹɪp/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Möbius strip.wav Forms: Möbius strips [plural]
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). Head templates: {{en-noun}} Möbius strip (plural Möbius strips)
  1. (topology) A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses; Categories (topical): Surfaces, Topology
    Sense id: en-Möbius_strip-en-noun-WsE9O0Ra Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
  2. (topology) A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses; Categories (topical): Surfaces, Topology Synonyms: Möbius band, Möbius loop, twisted cylinder [rare], Mobius strip, Moebius strip Related terms: Möbius group, Möbius scarf, projective plane, cross-cap, , nonorientable Translations (narrow strip given a half twist): cinta de Möbius [feminine] (Catalan), banda de Möbius [feminine] (Catalan), möbiusbånd [neuter] (Danish), Möbiuksen nauha (Finnish), Möbiusband [neuter] (German), wstęga Möbiusa [feminine] (Polish), лист Мёбиуса (list Mjóbiusa) [masculine] (Russian), ле́нта Мёбиуса (lénta Mjóbiusa) [feminine] (Russian), Möbiusband [neuter] (Swedish), Möbius şeridi (Turkish), dải Mobius (Vietnamese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (one-sided surface): лист на Мьобиус (list na Mjobius) [masculine] (Bulgarian), cinta de Möbius [feminine] (Catalan), banda de Möbius [feminine] (Catalan), 莫比烏斯帶 (Chinese Mandarin), 莫比乌斯带 (mòbǐwūsī dài) (Chinese Mandarin), Möbiova páska [feminine] (Czech), möbiusbånd [neuter] (Danish), Möbiusband [masculine] (Dutch), Möbiuksen nauha (Finnish), ruban de Möbius [masculine] (French), banda de Möbius [feminine] (Galician), Möbiusband [neuter] (German), טבעת מביוס [feminine] (Hebrew), Möbius-szalag (Hungarian), Möbíusarræma [feminine] (Icelandic), Mobius-strio (Ido), pita Möbius (Indonesian), banda de Möbius (Interlingua), stiall Möbius [feminine] (Irish), nastro di Möbius [masculine] (Italian), メビウスの帯 (mebiusu no obi) (Japanese), 뫼비우스의 띠 (moebiuseuui tti) (Korean), moebii taenia [feminine] (Latin), Möbiusschläif (Luxembourgish), möbius’ bånd [neuter] (Norwegian), wstęga Möbiusa [feminine] (Polish), fita de Möbius [feminine] (Portuguese), лист Мёбиуса (list Mjóbiusa) [masculine] (Russian), ле́нта Мёбиуса (lénta Mjóbiusa) [feminine] (Russian), мебијусова трака [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Möbiusov trak [masculine] (Slovene), banda de Möbius [feminine] (Spanish), cinta de Möbius [feminine] (Spanish), Möbiusband [neuter] (Swedish), стрічка Мебіуса (strička Mebiusa) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mặt Mobius (Vietnamese)
Disambiguation of 'one-sided surface': 51 49

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  "etymology_text": "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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          "text": "1991, Theoni Pappas, More Joy of Mathematics, Wide World Publishing, page 117,\nB. 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."
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      "code": "ko",
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "list Mjóbiusa",
      "sense": "narrow strip given a half twist",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лист Мёбиуса"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lénta Mjóbiusa",
      "sense": "narrow strip given a half twist",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ле́нта Мёбиуса"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "narrow strip given a half twist",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Möbiusband"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "narrow strip given a half twist",
      "word": "Möbius şeridi"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "narrow strip given a half twist",
      "word": "dải Mobius"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "August Ferdinand Möbius",
    "Johann Benedict Listing",
    "Möbius strip"
  ],
  "word": "Möbius strip"
}

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