Flexatube

Quick meaning: Flexatube is a noun meaning A folded paper puzzle created by connecting the ends of a strip of four squares, each folded along 45-degree diagonals. The solver is challenged to turn the structure inside out using only foldings.

Meaning

A folded paper puzzle created by connecting the ends of a strip of four squares, each folded along 45-degree diagonals. The solver is challenged to turn the structure inside out using only foldings.

Example Sentences

In the course of studying flexagons, Stone invented some fascinating objects, one of which was the tetra flexatube.

At least two other completely different methods of turning the flexatube inside out are known, and both are as devious and difficult to discover as this one.

To create a different color for the inside of the flexatube: If using cardboard, glue two different colors together, back to back, before cutting squares into quarters

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include gatefold, foldout, fold-out, paperfolding, centrefold, centerfold.

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