Meaning of Penrose staircase | Babel Free
Definitions
An impossible loop of endlessly ascending and descending stairs, or an optical illusion appearing to be one.
Examples
“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.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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