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Penrose staircases

Penrose staircases is the plural of Penrose staircase.

Meaning of Penrose staircase

Noun

Penrose staircase (plural Penrose staircases)

  1. Synonym of Penrose stairs.
    • Can you make a fractal equivalent of the “Auditory Penrose Staircase,” the illusion of a steadily descending tone, by zooming in on a fractal as it branches?1984 February, Monte Davis, “Profile of Benoit B. Mandelbrot”, in Omni, →ISSN, page 9
    Synonyms:
    Penrose stairs

Questions about Penrose staircases

What is Penrose staircases the plural of?
Penrose staircases is the plural of Penrose staircase.

Words near Penrose staircases in the dictionary

  1. Penrose drain
  2. Penrose drains
  3. Penrose mechanism
  4. Penrose process
  5. Penrose staircase
  6. Penrose staircases
  7. Penrose stairs
  8. Penrose steps
  9. Penrose transform
  10. Penrose transforms
  11. Penrose triangle

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