Buckminster Fuller is famous for the geodesic dome.
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Geodesic
//ˌd͡ʒiː.əˈdɛs.ɪk//
Synonyms for "geodesic" (5 found)
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Adjective(2 words)
Related words (2)
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12 entriesTranslations
24 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- геодезичен adj (of or relating to geodesy)
Catalan
2 entries- geodèsic adj (of or relating to geodesy)
- geodèsica noun (mathematics: the shortest line between two points on a specific surface)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 测地线 noun (mathematics: the shortest line between two points on a specific surface)
Czech
2 entries- geodetika noun (mathematics: the shortest line between two points on a specific surface)
- ortodroma noun (mathematics: the shortest line between two points on a specific surface)
Danish
2 entries- geodætisk adj (of or relating to geodesy)
- geodætisk adj (of or relating to a geodesic dome)
Dutch
1 entries- geodeet noun (mathematics: the shortest line between two points on a specific surface)
Finnish
3 entries- geodeettinen adj (of or relating to geodesy)
- geodeettinen adj (of or relating to a geodesic dome)
- geodeesi noun (mathematics: the shortest line between two points on a specific surface)
French
1 entries- géodésique noun (mathematics: the shortest line between two points on a specific surface)
German
2 entries- geodätisch adj (of or relating to geodesy)
- Geodäte noun (mathematics: the shortest line between two points on a specific surface)
Icelandic
2 entries- gagnvega adj (of or relating to geodesy)
- gagnvegur noun (mathematics: the shortest line between two points on a specific surface)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- geodetisk adj (of or relating to a geodesic dome)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- geodetisk adj (of or relating to a geodesic dome)
Portuguese
1 entries- geodésica noun (mathematics: the shortest line between two points on a specific surface)
Spanish
2 entries- geodésico adj (of or relating to geodesy)
- geodésica noun (mathematics: the shortest line between two points on a specific surface)
Tagalog
1 entries- dusukatin adj (of or relating to geodesy)
Turkish
1 entries- jeodezik noun (mathematics: the shortest line between two points on a specific surface)
Sample sentences
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In what zoo officials claim is the world's largest glazed geodesic dome, thousands of visitors wind their way through the world's largest indoor desert.
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