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nonorientable

adj

Etymology

From non- + orientable.

  1. inherited from orient — “eastern; from Asia or the Orient; brilliant, shining (characteristic of jewels from the Orient)”
  2. derived from *h₃er-✻ — “to move, stir; to rise, spring”
  3. derived from oriēns — “the east; daybreak, dawn; sunrise; (participle) rising; appearing; originating”
  4. derived from orient — “east direction; Asia, Orient”
  5. derived from orient
  6. inherited from orient
  7. suffixed as orientable — “orient + able”
  8. prefixed as nonorientable — “non + orientable”

Definitions

  1. Not able to be oriented.

    • The Möbius strip is a nonorientable surface.
    • Through every point of a nonorientable surface there passes a Möbius-like nonorientable strip (with an odd number of half-twists) which is part of that surface.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA