Relating to the shortest path between two points on a curved surface, in architecture describing dome structures made of triangular elements that follow these optimal geometric paths. Geodesic domes distribute structural loads efficiently through their triangulated geometry.
From Greek 'geodaisia' (land division), originally a surveying term for measuring earth's surface. Buckminster Fuller popularized the architectural application in the 1940s, coining 'geodesic dome' for his revolutionary spherical structures.
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