Penrose stairs

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English

Penrose stairs.

Etymology

After a drawing by Lionel Penrose and Roger Penrose.

Noun

Penrose stairs pl (plural only)

  1. An impossible loop of endlessly ascending and descending stairs, or an optical illusion appearing to depict such a loop.

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