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august ferdinand möbius
Mö·bi·us
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bi
əs, ˈmeɪ-, ˈmoʊ-;
German
ˈmœ
bi
ʊs
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noun
Au·gust Fer·di·nand
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gʊst ˈfɛr
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,
1790–1868,
German mathematician.
Also,
Moebius
.
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mobius
1904 in reference to the Mobius strip, from Ger. mathematician August Ferdinand Möbius (1790-1868) who devised it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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