: a one-sided surface that is formed by passing the narrow end of a tapered tube through the side of the tube and flaring this end out to join the other end
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Trying to make this guy a starter was like shoving a square peg into a Klein bottle.
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Keith Law, New York Times, 16 June 2025
Real life Klein bottle representations highlight the awkward corners to try to party with your Ramsey clique.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2023
One of the strangest, first described in 1882, may be the Klein bottle.
—Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2019
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Keith Law, New York Times, 16 June 2025
Real life Klein bottle representations highlight the awkward corners to try to party with your Ramsey clique.
—Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 2 May 2023
One of the strangest, first described in 1882, may be the Klein bottle.
—Devin Powell, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2019
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“Klein bottle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Klein%20bottle. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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