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Necker cube
(Neck¦er cube)
noun
a line drawing of a transparent cube, with opposite sides drawn parallel, so that the perspective is ambiguous.
Origin:
early 20th century
: named after L. A. Necker (1786–1861), Swiss naturalist
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