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ephemeralization

noun

Etymology

From ephemeral + -ization. In the technological sense, coined by Richard Buckminster Fuller in 1938.

  1. derived from ἐφήμερος
  2. borrowed from ephemerus
  3. suffixed as ephemeralization — “ephemeral + ization”

Definitions

  1. The process of making something ephemeral.

  2. A technological progression towards being able to do more and more work with fewer…

    A technological progression towards being able to do more and more work with fewer resources.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ephemeralization. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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