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klein

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for klein.

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Yeah, the 3D klein bottle is to a real 4D klein bottle what a circle is to a sphere.

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Quick take

A surname from German, equivalent to English Small.

Meaning at a glance

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noun

A surname from German, equivalent to English Small.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for klein.

noun

A surname from German, equivalent to English Small.

Example sentences

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Yeah, the 3D klein bottle is to a real 4D klein bottle what a circle is to a sphere.

2

Do not allow your Acme Klein Bottle to come in contact with antimatter or unpredictable results may occur.

3

Calvin Klein jeans used to be a fashion item, but when Costco started carrying them, favor had been lost.

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Wish you knew why people pay more for Calvin Klein shirts than Ralph Lauren?

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If you aren't satisfied with your Acme Klein Bottle -- for any reason -- just return it for a refund or replacement.

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Also, I notice that doing the same thing in the Klein model gives you very weird curves.

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If your Klein Bottle arrives broken, call or send email and we will immediately send a replacement.

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Ok, never heard of klein bottles before, watched the video and I learned about something new today.

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Acme constructs each Klein Bottle from genuine Baryonic matter.

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It has an inside as much as any bottle does, but the only point of a Klein Bottle is the topological form so they're using topological language to talk about it.

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I confess that my first hope was that it was some kind of klein-bottle glassblowing robot bodged togetehr out of bits of scrap wood and insulated with glass-fibre.

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Would be interesting if there were a way to render a Klein bottle using techniques similar to those used when 'impossible triangles' are modeled with boards and 2x4s in fields which then seem to work when viewed from a certain angle.

Quote examples

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Call it "Mobius" and serve all your coffee and beverages out of klein bottles (with holes)?

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"Guarantee void if a substantial portion of the Klein bottle leaks into the 4th dimension." And he's funny.

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Anyways, I'm at work, so I can't look up sources, but "Shock Doctrine" by Naomi Klein is a great read about this sort of thing.

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I'd reserve the 'right' time for that reaction to things on the order of "I'm going skydiving and it's time to jump." What Klein probably means to describe is a brief bit of fleeting trepidation that can be waved off with a few seconds of thought, but that wouldn't show off his political bonafids.

Proper noun examples

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First, progressive Kevin Drum of Mother Jones magazine: Someone also asked [Ezra Klein] about Matt Taibbi's takedown of Goldman Sachs in the latest issue of Rolling Stone.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use klein in a sentence?

Yeah, the 3D klein bottle is to a real 4D klein bottle what a circle is to a sphere.

What does klein mean?

A surname from German, equivalent to English Small.

What part of speech is klein?

klein is commonly used as noun.