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, chapter 6, in Slaughterhouse-Five‎^[1], New York: Dial, published 2005, page 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