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superflip

superflip noun: the position on a Rubik's cube that has every corner cubie positioned and oriented correctly and every edge cubie positioned correctly but oriented wrong. That is to say, all the edges are flipped around.

superflip: the position on a Rubik's cube that has every corner cubie positioned and oriented correctly and...
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Noun

superflip (plural superflips)

  1. The position on a Rubik's cube that has every corner cubie positioned and oriented correctly and every edge cubie positioned correctly but oriented wrong. That is to say, all the edges are flipped around.
    • Many people have worked on God's algorithm for the Rubik's Cube. For a while it was guessed that the superflip position is the position which is as far from ‘start’ (the solved position) as possible.2008, David Joyner, Adventures in group theory: Rubik's Cube, Merlin's Machine & other mathematical toys, →ISBN, page 149

Forms of superflip

pluralsuperflips

Origin of superflip

From super- + flip.

Questions about superflip

What does superflip mean?
Superflip means the position on a Rubik's cube that has every corner cubie positioned and oriented correctly and every edge cubie positioned correctly but oriented wrong. That is to say, all the edges are flipped around.
What part of speech is superflip?
Superflip is a noun.
What is the plural of superflip?
The plural of superflip is superflips.

Words near superflip in the dictionary

  1. superflat
  2. superflation
  3. superfleet
  4. superfleets
  5. superflies
  6. superflip
  7. superflips
  8. superflirt
  9. superflirts
  10. superflood
  11. superfloods

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