Moebius strip

Noun

Möbius strip (plural Möbius strips)

1. A one-sided surface formed by identifying two opposite edges of a square in opposite senses;
   • Like a mind moving on a Möbius strip of events, one's consciousness goes over the same territory again and again without ever becoming aware of the nature of awareness.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, page 8
2. a narrow strip given a half twist and joined at the ends, forming a three-dimensional embedding of said surface.

   Synonyms:

   Möbius band, Möbius loop, twisted cylinder