geodesic dome

geodesic dome

English

A geodesic dome at Expo 67 in Montréal, designed by Richard Buckminster Fuller

Noun

geodesic dome (plural geodesic domes)

1. A domed structure of lightweight straight elements forming interlocking polygons.
   • 1969, Kurt Vonnegut, Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, 2005, Chapter 6, p. 181,

     Billy is speaking before a capacity audience in a baseball park, which is covered by a geodesic dome.

Translations

a domed structure

Finnish: geodeettinen kupoli German: geodätische Kuppel f Italian: cupola geodetica f Spanish: domo geodésico m

Further reading

• geodesic dome on Wikipedia.Wikipedia