"Penrose triangle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Penrose triangles [plural]
Etymology: After Roger Penrose (1931-), English mathematician, who popularised it in the 1950s. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Penrose triangle (plural Penrose triangles)
  1. An optical illusion depicting an impossible solid object made of three straight beams of square cross section which meet pairwise at right angles at the vertices of the triangle they form. Wikipedia link: Penrose triangle Categories (topical): Optical illusions Related terms: Necker cube
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