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R. Buckminster Fuller

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Noun

1. buckminster fuller, fuller, r. buckminster fuller, richard buckminster fuller

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

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nounWord forms: plural r's, R's or Rs
1. 
the 18th letter and 14th consonant of the modern English alphabet
2. 
a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually an alveolar semivowel, as in red
3.  three Rs
symbol for
1. chemistry
radical
2. currency
a. 
rand
b. 
rupee
3. 
Réaumur temperature (scale)
4. physics, electronics
resistance
5. 
roentgen or röntgen
6. chess
rook
7. 
Royal
8. chemistry
gas constant
9. (in the US and Australia)
a. 
restricted exhibition (used to describe a category of film certified as unsuitable for viewing by anyone under the age of 18)
b. 
(as modifier)
an R film
abbreviation for
1. 
rare
2. 
recto
3. Also: r
rod (unit of length)
4. 
ruled
5. cricket, baseball
run(s)
abbreviation for
1. 
registered (trademark)
2. 
right
3. 
river
4. 
rouble
abbreviation for
1. 
rabbi
2. 
rector
3. 
Regina
4. 
Republican
5. 
response (in Christian liturgy)
6. 
Rex
7. 
River
8. 
Royal

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R. Buckminster Fuller

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trademark
a film rating meaning “restricted”: it indicates that persons under seventeen may be admitted to the film only when accompanied by a parent or adult guardian
1. 
king
2. 
queen
3. 
Rabbi
4.  Chemistry
radical, esp. organic radical
5. 
Rankine
6.  Ancient Mathematics
ratio
7. 
Reaumur
8. 
registered (trademark)
symbol, ®
9. 
Republican
10.  Electricity
resistance
11. 
right
12. 
River
13. 
Road
14. 
roentgen(s)
15.  Chess
rook
16. 
route
17. 
ruble
18.  Baseball
run(s)
19. 
rupee
20.  Pharmacy
take: also ℞
molar gas constant
nounWord forms: plural R's or r's
1. 
the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet: from the Greek rho, a borrowing from the Phoenician
2. 
any of the speech sounds that this letter represents, as, in English, the (r) of rude
3. 
a type or impression for r or R
4. 
the eighteenth in a sequence or group
5. 
an object shaped like R
adjective
6. 
of r or R
7. 
eighteenth in a sequence or group
8. 
shaped like R
1. 
radius
2. 
range
3. 
rare
4. 
received
5.  Printing
recto
6. 
retired
7. 
right
8. 
rod(s)
9. 
roentgen(s)
10.  Cards
rubber
11.  Baseball
run(s)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

R. Buckminster Fuller

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American architect and inventor who sought to solve practical problems with simple designs that require a minimum of materials and energy. The geodesic dome is his best-known invention.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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