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Möbius strip
noun
Mö·bi·us strip
ˈmœ-bē-əs- 
ˈmər-,
ˈmə-,
ˈmō-
: a one-sided surface that is constructed from a rectangle by holding one end fixed, rotating the opposite end through 180 degrees, and joining it to the first end
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There are also the Mobius strip cuff links crafted from all-silver or interwoven yellow-gold, rhodium and black ruthenium or semiprecious chrysocolla or spiny oyster.
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
Full disclosure: My exposure to the Buzz began driving from down San Francisco’s automotive Mobius strip — the infinitely twisty Lombard Street — and continued around the city, across the Golden Gate Bridge, into the Marin headlands and beyond.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2024
And so the company presented I.M., a sort of giant Mobius strip/cube comprising Mod Free modules.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 5 June 2023
In this case, the same way a decades-prior colleague turned the curve into a Mobius strip, in 2019, another peer turned that strip into a 4D plot.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2020
Using a beat of Indian origin and an industrial guitar riff that loops on itself like a Mobius strip, Tricky turns a liberation rap anthem into a thumping good rock track.
—Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 19 Feb. 2021
The resulting shapes frequently resemble abstract sculptures formed from tangles of cord and ribbon: pleated banderoles joined to Mobius strip-like curlicues and looping helixes.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2020
In this case, a curve becomes a Mobius strip which in turn becomes ...
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2020
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Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 1 Aug. 2025
Full disclosure: My exposure to the Buzz began driving from down San Francisco’s automotive Mobius strip — the infinitely twisty Lombard Street — and continued around the city, across the Golden Gate Bridge, into the Marin headlands and beyond.
—Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 21 Oct. 2024
And so the company presented I.M., a sort of giant Mobius strip/cube comprising Mod Free modules.
—John Burek, PCMAG, 5 June 2023
In this case, the same way a decades-prior colleague turned the curve into a Mobius strip, in 2019, another peer turned that strip into a 4D plot.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2020
Using a beat of Indian origin and an industrial guitar riff that loops on itself like a Mobius strip, Tricky turns a liberation rap anthem into a thumping good rock track.
—Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 19 Feb. 2021
The resulting shapes frequently resemble abstract sculptures formed from tangles of cord and ribbon: pleated banderoles joined to Mobius strip-like curlicues and looping helixes.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2020
In this case, a curve becomes a Mobius strip which in turn becomes ...
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2020
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“Möbius strip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/M%C3%B6bius%20strip. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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Möbius strip
noun
Mö·bi·us strip
ˌmə(r)-bē-əs-
ˌmō-
ˌmō-
: a one-sided surface made by holding one end of a rectangle in place, twisting the rectangle to turn over the other end, and joining the two ends together
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