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noun
A structure or device designed according to the futurist ideal of maximizing resource efficiency.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: attributive, often
Topics: art, arts
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Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dewh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *dunamai Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai) Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)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- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *téndeti 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.
