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Necker cubes

Necker cubes is the plural of Necker cube.

Meaning of Necker cube

Noun

Necker cube (plural Necker cubes)

  1. An optical illusion consisting of a wireframe drawing of a cube, where a given face may be perceived as being either on the front or the back of the cube.

Questions about Necker cubes

What is Necker cubes the plural of?
Necker cubes is the plural of Necker cube.

Words near Necker cubes in the dictionary

  1. necked down
  2. necked up
  3. neckedness
  4. necker
  5. Necker cube
  6. Necker cubes
  7. Necker Island
  8. necker knob
  9. necker knobs
  10. necker's knob
  11. necker's knobs

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