dymaxion

American  

[dahy-mak-see-uhn] / daɪˈmæk si ən /

adjective

1. noting or pertaining to R. Buckminster Fuller's concept of the use of technology and resources to maximum advantage, with minimal expenditure of energy and material.

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Etymology

Origin of dymaxion

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

His name also helped Architect Buckminster Fuller publicize the visionary "dymaxion" house.

From Time Magazine Archive

Buckminster Fuller talks no riddles when he says his dymaxion house "is not property to be owned, but a mechanical arrangement to be used."

From Time Magazine Archive

Dwellers in the dymaxion house will bathe with an airpressure hose squirting 90% air, 10% water, no soap, in a compressed fog over their skin.

From Time Magazine Archive