R. Buckminster Fuller

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An American architect and inventor known for a dome made of triangles and ideas about sustainability

proper noun

: R. Buckminster Fuller

R. Buckminster Fuller is famous for inventing the geodesic dome, a revolutionary architectural structure.

Examples

The exhibition included detailed models of buildings inspired by R. Buckminster Fuller's designs.
Many of R. Buckminster Fuller's ideas about sustainability were ahead of his time.
R. Buckminster Fuller was a visionary.
What did R. Buckminster Fuller invent?
R. Buckminster Fuller is best known for designing the geodesic dome, revolutionizing modern architecture.
The innovative concepts of R. Buckminster Fuller have influenced generations of architects and designers.
Students learned about R. Buckminster Fuller at the architecture lecture focused on his contributions to sustainable design.

Synonyms

Buckminster Fuller

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An American architect and inventor who created the geodesic dome

stresses his role as a visionary with ideas on design and sustainability

Surface Forms

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Morphology

R. + Buckminster + Fuller

This item is a proper name (a person's full name), so its meaning (the identity and biography of R. Buckminster Fuller) is referential and cannot be derived from the literal parts. Proper names are arbitrary and require world knowledge or exposure rather than compositional inference, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituent strings would not infer the biographical meaning.

Etymology

R. Buckminster Fuller was an American inventor and designer who made the famous 'geodesic dome', a strong round structure of many triangles that looks like a soccer ball. That's why his name is an easy picture to remember for clever, lightweight buildings and 'sustainability'.