How to Use geodesic in a Sentence

geodesic

1 of 2 adjective

• 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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geodesic

2 of 2 noun

• From this grand palace in France to this geodesic dome in Chile, the platform is chock full of dreamy rentals at prices that don't break the bank.
  — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 22 June 2020
• Topping the compact home is a steel geodesic dome with clear panels in which to see the stars.
  — oregonlive, 24 Sep. 2019
• The geodesic dome is only the most famous work the polymath came up with.
  — Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2021
• This path is known as the geodesic or great circle route -- the most efficient way to get from the origin to the destination on a sphere.
  — Kori Rumore and Jemal R. Brinson, chicagotribune.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• There was a geodesic dome for dining and neat rows of bell tents for guests, prayer flags strung from their peaks, all with heaters and heavy-duty sleeping bags for the single-digit nights.
  — Maggie Shipstead, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Oct. 2020
• Bubbling up and around these walls are 1,062 triangular glass panes shaped to look like a bulging, misshapen geodesic dome.
  — Kelly Crow, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2022
• There, diners can social distance in geodesic domes set on platforms on a side lot.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 7 Apr. 2021
• As its name implies, the Geo Dome is a semi-spherical geodesic dome.
  — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 22 Dec. 2020
• The home is a monolithic dome, cast as a single piece, as compared to a geodesic dome which is made up of connecting triangles.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 11 May 2021
• The theater is opening a new space within its legendary geodesic dome.
  — Punch Shaw, star-telegram, 2 Feb. 2018
• Is this indoor-outdoor design a geodesic dome on its side?
  — Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2020
• As the holidays approached, one of Daney’s classes was building a geodesic dome house using straws, pipecleaners and foam board.
  — Washington Post, 27 Nov. 2020
• The short-term rental service is giving away one night in a transparent geodesic dome in Bend, Oregon, followed by a flight through the path of totality.
  — Cailey Rizzo, PEOPLE.com, 1 Aug. 2017
• The showstopper is the giant geodesic climbing net that’s like Mt. Everest for Tribeca grade-schoolers.
  — Caroline Spivack, Curbed, 29 Mar. 2021
• In Detroit, EastEats has a unique restaurant concept: the outdoor space is composed of 12 geodesic domes built on platforms.
  — USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2020
• The inflatable tent is designed to withstand heavy rain and intense wind of up to 110 miles per hour with its geodesic frame, but also to pop up in mere minutes with a single air valve system.
  — Stephanie Cain, Fortune, 11 June 2021
• In this future, the weirdos dress like leather punks or David Bowie lookalikes, and the geodesic headgear of memory-wipers might be purchased at Urban Outfitters.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2018
• This geodesic home has garnered quite the following on Instagram—and for good reason.
  — Annie Davidson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2021
• Kreuzkogel, its peak, climbs to 2,686 meters and is topped with a beloved glass and aluminum geodesic dome designed by architect Gerhard Garstenauer.
  — Elizabeth Wellington, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2019
• Airbnb and National Geographic have teamed up for coverage of the eclipse, including two guests who got to spend the night in a transparent geodesic dome in Bend, Oregon, for a chance to be among the first people to catch a glimpse of the eclipse.
  — Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2017
• Everything—the data center, its geodesic domes and the snowy landscape surrounding them—drips with exquisite shades of pink, purple and gold.
  — Laura Mallonee, WIRED, 8 June 2018
• While there are many ways to admire this colorful natural show, few are more unique than a stay inside one of the modern geodesic igloos at Borealis Basecamp.
  — Jessica Poitevien, Travel + Leisure, 30 Nov. 2021
• Larkin’s geodesic home can be described as delightfully eclectic with a touch of whimsy, much like Larkin himself.
  — Dawn Mitchell, The Indianapolis Star, 16 June 2020
• Ekblaw’s scheme involves angling those shapes to enclose a volume, like a geodesic dome or old-school 3D computer graphics.
  — Matthew Francis, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2018
• Any tasting room visitors or Scolari’s diners can kick back in the adjacent geodesic dome, which is also where special events like Santa visits and game nights are held.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 7 July 2020
• In that film, all plant life on Earth is becoming extinct, and a group tries to preserve as many specimens as possible in greenhouse-like geodesic domes, attached to a large spaceship just outside the orbit of Saturn.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 25 May 2020
• The Catalog gave readers access to plans for Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic domes and guides to everything from cheap travel to boatbuilding.
  — Fred Turner, Harper's magazine, 10 Jan. 2019
• The geodesic dome was also much cheaper than traditional architecture would have been for a sanctuary of its size.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2021
• The property features a pair of geodesic domes separated by a tower.
  — azcentral, 12 Dec. 2019
• Less than one week after a health inspector ordered San Francisco’s Hashiri to take down its controversial geodesic domes, the fine dining restaurant has found a fix that allows the structures to remain in place.
  — Janelle Bitker, SFChronicle.com, 19 Aug. 2020

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