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

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive