| 单词 | geodesic dome |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeodesic dome geodesic dome n. a dome built according to the principles of geodesic construction (cf. sense A. 4).The term and the concept of the dome originated with the U.S. architect R. Buckminster Fuller (1895–1983), though the concept of geodesic construction already existed (cf. geodetic construction n. at geodetic n. and adj. Compounds. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > dome or cupola tipe1532 cupola1549 thole1633 dome1656 tholosc1660 imperial1826 onion dome1868 domelet1883 geodesic dome1952 geodetic dome1957 geodesic1977 1952 R. B. Fuller in Perspecta 1 30/1 (heading) The geodesic dome. 1959 Times 20 Mar. 3/5 The geodesic dome combines the structural advantages of the sphere (which encloses the most space within the least surface, and is strongest against internal pressure) with those of the tetrahedron (which encloses least space with most surface and has the greatest stiffness against external pressure). 1970 K. Vonnegut Slaughterhouse 5 v. 96 He was forty-four years old, on display under a geodesic dome. 1983 S. Rushdie Shame x. 204 The geodesic dome of the Friday Mosque had already begun to crack. 2002 A. Davies Frog King 109 I do not want to beekeep..or grow hydroponic cabbage in a neokibbutz colony of envirofriendly geodesic domes. < as lemmas |
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