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Dymaxion

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δῠνᾰμῐκός (dŭnămĭkós)lbor. French dynamiqueder. English dynamic Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂s Proto-Indo-European *-yōs Proto-Indo-European *méǵh₂yōs Proto-Indo-European *meǵh₂ism̥mos Proto-Italic *magisVmos Latin maximusder. French maximumder. English maximum Proto-Indo-European *ten- Proto-Indo-European *tend-der. Proto-Italic *tendō Latin tendō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin tēnsiōder. Middle French tensionbor. English tension blend English Dymaxion Coined by Buckminster Fuller as a blend of dynamic + maximum + tension.

  1. derived from tensio
  2. borrowed from tension
  3. compounded as dymaxion — “dynamic + maximum + tension”

Definitions

  1. A structure or device that maximizes resources.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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