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Penrose steps

Penrose steps noun: synonym of Penrose stairs.

Noun

Penrose steps pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Synonym of Penrose stairs.
    • In a dream, you can cheat architecture into impossible shapes. That lets you create closed loops, like the Penrose Steps. The infinite staircase.2010 July 8, Inception (Movie), spoken by Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
    • I'll have my heaven, / Where heaven is love and love is my heaven. / I just have to climb through those Penrose steps! / Till I find sky number seven.2011 May 13, Amal A. Islim, Walking with the Vain Cattle: In the Womb of Life, the Plant of Miracle Is Ready to Blossom a White Flower, Bloomington: Balboa Press, →ISBN, →OL
    Synonyms:
    Penrose stairs

Synonyms of Penrose steps

Questions about Penrose steps

What does Penrose steps mean?
Penrose steps means synonym of Penrose stairs.
What part of speech is Penrose steps?
Penrose steps is a noun.

Words near Penrose steps in the dictionary

  1. Penrose mechanism
  2. Penrose process
  3. Penrose staircase
  4. Penrose staircases
  5. Penrose stairs
  6. Penrose steps
  7. Penrose transform
  8. Penrose transforms
  9. Penrose triangle
  10. Penrose triangles
  11. Penrose-Lucas argument

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