How to Use geodesic in a Sentence

geodesic

adjective
Definition of geodesicnext
  • Raised in a geodesic dome on the teachings of Buckminster Fuller, a teen rebels and starts a punk band.
    — Times Staff, latimes.com, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Overnight guests can choose from a series of geodesic domes, a home rental, and campsites.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 17 Apr. 2023
  • The beetle pushes a 10-foot-tall, geodesic orb (aka the dung ball) made from aluminum.
    — Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 18 Aug. 2017
  • And there have been other modern uses for the shape, from geodesic domes to soccer balls.
    — Eugenia Cheng, WSJ, 10 Aug. 2017
  • Canada: Dômes Charlevoix Glamping in Canada will never be the same, thanks to these sleek-but-chic geodesic dwellings.
    — National Geographic, 10 May 2019
  • The farm consists of a pair of greenhouses — a geodesic dome and a hangar-like tunnel — draped in plastic sheeting.
    — Markian Hawryluk, CNN, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Above, thick steel pipes connect to geodesic domes, each of which houses a geothermal well.
    — Danielle Bochove, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2023
  • So Sims invented a system of submerged fish pens, geodesic spheres that bob just below the surface of the water; as the fish inside swim around, their cages swim along with them.
    — Rachel Riederer, New Republic, 29 May 2017
  • Octavia now terminates in a long, grassy park with a geodesic children's play structure at one end.
    — Adam Rogers, Wired, 1 Apr. 2020
  • Humanity survives under a huge geodesic dome (the plastic sky of the title) and has learned to feed on itself.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Before employing the fleet of buzzing machines, Chaltiel worked with a team of students to build a lightweight geodesic timber frame and cover it with a light formwork of burlap sacks filled with sand.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 27 Sep. 2018
  • The short-term rental company is giving away one night in a geodesic dome in Oregon and a private jet flight through the path of totality, when the sun is completely covered by the moon.
    — Mary Bowerman, USA TODAY, 9 Aug. 2017
  • For a more glamping experience, guests can stay in a small loft, and soon, an almost finished geodesic dome with an oceanfront patio.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Vancouver’s oceanfront orb is a sight to see, but inside the geodesic dome is a multi-level space for science exploration that the kids (and parents!) are sure to enjoy.
    — Bianca Bujan, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
  • Guests will be staying in modern, eco-friendly, geodesic domes.
    — Jem Aswad, chicagotribune.com, 28 Apr. 2017
  • And during the winter months this greenhouse will require 40 percent less heat than your average greenhouse because the geodesic shape helps keep it warm.
    — Tainaya Nash, House Beautiful, 19 June 2019
  • That's what this geodesic dome looks like, translucent from some sides (almost like a window), but opaque in others to provide the perfect blend of natural light and protection from the outside.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 30 Jan. 2020
  • The 500-year ceramic geodesic dome home is vaporware no more.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Along the way, viewers might see anything from geodesic domes to disappearing sand castles to human zoo satellites.
    — Josh Kramer, The Atlantic, 12 July 2017
  • The players are the two inhabitants of a biosphere sealed off from the toxic outside world, a self-sustaining geodesic dome with a hydroponic garden as a food source.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2023
  • And Instagrammable Airbnb rentals abound along Highway 62, from rustic desert cabins to geodesic dome houses.
    — Shawnté Salabert, Outside Online, 28 Oct. 2019
  • Blending a classic pinecone shape with the geometric elements of a geodesic dome, the result is a 5.5-ton steel and California Redwood house that glimmers both inside and out.
    — Megan Barber, Curbed, 11 Dec. 2018
  • While some cleared plates from the table, others started transforming skewers and hunks of raw potato into wobbly geodesic forms.
    — James Hohmann, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2017
  • In Arizona, a veteran scientist and his assistant establish a research base in a geodesic dome, next to a cluster of ant structures three times their height.
    — Elizabeth Horkley, Quartz, 30 Oct. 2019
  • This remodeled geodesic dome in the Sycamore Rocks area features triangular skylights, tall ceilings and solar panels to cut down on bills.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2019
  • Any geodesic flow on a negatively curved surface is one.
    — Jordana Cepelewicz, Quanta Magazine, 15 June 2023
  • Guests relax with traditional Nordic spa rituals by day, and crash in one of three unique and luxurious geodesic glamping domes by night.
    — Christian Gollayan, Men's Health, 27 June 2023
  • At the new Asilia Highlands (from $760 per night, all-inclusive), near the Olmoti volcano, cozy up in one of eight geodesic canvas-and-plexiglass domes, lodging inspired by the round bomas the Masai people build.
    — Maridel Reyes, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2017
  • They are represented by a toy Hoberman sphere, one of those geodesic structures that can shrink from several meters in diameter into a small ball as its joints fold in.
    — Byclaudia Lopez Lloreda, science.org, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The designer, who’s debuting a line of portable lighting, looks to geodesic domes and bicycles.
    — Kurt Soller, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023

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