Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

penrose staircase

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.68 in modern English

Syllables: pen-rose s-tair-case
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of Penrose stairs.

Example Sentences

"Can you make a fractal equivalent of the “Auditory Penrose Staircase,” the illusion of a steadily descending tone, by zooming in on a fractal as it branches?"
"They are the inventors of the famous "Penrose staircase" that goes round and round without getting higher; Escher depicted it in his lithograph "Ascending and Descending.""
"This pitch paradox has been used to accompany numerous videos of bouncing balls, stick men, and other objects traversing the Penrose staircase, with each step accompanied by a step along the Shepard scale."

Inflected Forms

Penrose staircases (plural)

Synonyms

Penrose stairs

Questions

What does penrose staircase mean?: Synonym of Penrose stairs.

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