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Geodesic Dome

Definition: Geodesic Dome

Geodesic Dome

Noun

1. A lightweight dome constructed of interlocking polygons; invented by R. Buckminster Fuller.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Crosswords: Geodesic Dome

English words defined with "geodesic dome": Buckminster FullerFullergeodesicR. Buckminster Fuller, Richard Buckminster Fuller. (references)

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Image Slideshow: Geodesic Dome

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Photo Album: Geodesic Dome

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The United States Flag at the top of the South Pole Station geodesic dome.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

This is why the South Pole has a geodesic dome. The sledding was great.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

The geodesic dome and skylab as seen from the old Clean Air Facility at South Pole Station.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

South Pole geodesic dome illuminated by last gasp of sunset.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Polar night has arrived - geodesic dome silhouetted by bluish aurora australis Horizontal line emanating to right from geodesic dome is exhaust from generator.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Polar night has arrived - geodesic dome silhouetted by bluish aurora australis Horizontal line emanating to right from geodesic dome is exhaust from generator.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Polar night has arrived - geodesic dome silhouetted by bluish aurora australis Horizontal line emanating to right from geodesic dome is exhaust from generator.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Geodesic dome erected to shelter AHVRR satellite data receiver at Palmer Station.Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Building construction - geodesic dome.Credit: Library of Congress.

  

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Geodesic Dome

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  geodesic dome

280

  geodesic dome home

55

  geodesic dome house

20

  geodesic dome plan

20

  geodesic dome kit

13

  geodesic dome design

3

  build geodesic dome

3

  geodesic dome picture

3

  geodesic dome construction

3

  geodesic dome green house

3

  geodesic dome connector

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Geodesic Dome

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-d-e-e-e-g-i-m-o-o-s"

-4 letters: comedies, demigods, dogedoms, geodesic, miscoded.

-5 letters: comedos, decides, decodes, demigod, demised, desmoid, diocese, discoed, dodgems, dodoism, dogdoms, dogedom, goodies, medicos, miscode, misdeed, seceded.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Geodesic Dome


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 65 6F 64 65 73 69 63      44 6F 6D 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01100101 01101111 01100100 01100101 01110011 01101001 01100011 00100000 01000100 01101111 01101101 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#101 &#111 &#100 &#101 &#115 &#105 &#99 &#32 &#68 &#111 &#109 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0065 006F 0064 0065 0073 0069 0063      0044 006F 006D 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4171817071857569238817971

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Images: Slideshow
4. Images: Photo Album
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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