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Penrose stairs en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

After a drawing by Lionel Penrose and Roger Penrose.

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) An impossible loop of endlessly ascending and descending stairs, or an optical illusion appearing to depict such a loop.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:Penrose stairs.

Synonyms

Penrose steps · Penrose staircase · impossible staircase

Translations (4)

ja ペンローズ階段 (endless staircase) · sv Penroses trappa (endless staircase) · fi Penrosen portaat (endless staircase) · de unmögliche Treppe (endless staircase)