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Penrose triangles

Penrose triangles is the plural of Penrose triangle.

Meaning of Penrose triangle

Noun

Penrose triangle (plural Penrose triangles)

  1. An optical illusion depicting an impossible solid object made of three straight beams of square cross section which meet pairwise at right angles at the vertices of the triangle they form.

Questions about Penrose triangles

What is Penrose triangles the plural of?
Penrose triangles is the plural of Penrose triangle.

Words near Penrose triangles in the dictionary

  1. Penrose stairs
  2. Penrose steps
  3. Penrose transform
  4. Penrose transforms
  5. Penrose triangle
  6. Penrose triangles
  7. Penrose-Lucas argument
  8. penroseite
  9. Penrosian
  10. Penruddock
  11. Penry

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