geodesic dome

noun

A domed structure of lightweight straight elements forming interlocking polygons.

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Meanings

noungeodesic dome (plural geodesic domes)

plural geodesic domes

  1. A domed structure of lightweight straight elements forming interlocking polygons.

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

    1969, Kurt Vonnegut, chapter 6, in Slaughterhouse-Five, New York: Dial, published 2005, page 181

Translations

Finnish geodeettinen kupoli
  • geodeettinen kupolia domed structure
German geodätische Kuppel
  • geodätische Kuppela domed structure
Italian cupola geodetica
  • cupola geodeticaa domed structure
Spanish domo geodésico
  • domo geodésicoa domed structure
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APA

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Chicago

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