BUCKMINSTER FULLER

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• BUCKMINSTER FULLER (noun)
  The noun BUCKMINSTER FULLER has 1 sense:

1. United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)

  Familiarity information: BUCKMINSTER FULLER used as a noun is very rare.

• BUCKMINSTER FULLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States architect who invented the geodesic dome (1895-1983)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Buckminster Fuller; Fuller; R. Buckminster Fuller; Richard Buckminster Fuller

Instance hypernyms:

applied scientist; engineer; technologist (a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems)

architect; designer (someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings))

 Context examples 

Buckyballs, named because they resemble the geodesic domes built by architect Buckminster Fuller, were discovered in 1985 among the byproducts of laser vaporization of graphite in which the carbon atoms are arranged in sheets.

(Buckyball, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)