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flexatube

flexatube noun: a folded paper puzzle created by connecting the ends of a strip of four squares, each folded along 45-degree diagonals. The solver is challenged to turn the structure inside out using only foldings.

Noun

flexatube (plural flexatubes)

  1. A folded paper puzzle created by connecting the ends of a strip of four squares, each folded along 45-degree diagonals. The solver is challenged to turn the structure inside out using only foldings.
    • At least two other completely different methods of turning the flexatube inside out are known, and both are as devious and difficult to discover as this one.1958, Scientific American - Volume 198, page 126
    • In the course of studying flexagons, Stone invented some fascinating objects, one of which was the tetra flexatube.1991, Theoni Pappas, More Joy of Mathematics: Exploring Mathematics All Around You

Forms of flexatube

pluralflexatubes

Origin of flexatube

From flexible tube.

Questions about flexatube

What does flexatube mean?
Flexatube means a folded paper puzzle created by connecting the ends of a strip of four squares, each folded along 45-degree diagonals. The solver is challenged to turn the structure inside out using only foldings.
What part of speech is flexatube?
Flexatube is a noun.
What is the plural of flexatube?
The plural of flexatube is flexatubes.

Words near flexatube in the dictionary

  1. flexagon
  2. flexagons
  3. flexanimous
  4. flexatone
  5. flexatones
  6. flexatube
  7. flexatubes
  8. flexbone
  9. flexbones
  10. flexbox
  11. flexboxes

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