penrose triangle

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Definition of penrose triangle in English English dictionary

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

Hyphenation

penrose tri·an·gle

Turkish pronunciation

penrōz trayänggıl

Pronunciation

/ˈpenˌrōz ˈtrīˌaɴɢgəl/ /ˈpɛnˌroʊz ˈtraɪˌæŋɡəl/

Etymology

() After Roger Penrose (1931-), English mathematician, who popularised it in the 1950s.