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,^[1]

     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
• Italian: cupola geodetica f
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• Spanish: domo geodesico