It's a set of concentric geodesic structures with linkages between each one.

这是一个同心和密结构组合，每个部分都彼此相连。

However, no one yet has acted on one of Fuller's ideas for the geodesic dome.

然而，还没有人对富勒状球顶建筑想法采取行动。

Today, there are about one hundred thousand different large and small geodesic domes in use around the world.

今天，世界上大约有十万个不同大小状球顶建筑在使用。

After a number of experimental geodesic domes were built, industry began to understand the value of the design.

在一些实验状球顶建筑建成后，工业开始明白这种设计价值。

Years ago he got architects buzzing because he applied for a patent in 1961 for something called a geodesic dome.

在1961年他申请一种圆顶结构专利，这在建筑业颇多争议。

Light rays too must follow geodesics in space-time.

光线也必须遵循时空中测地线。

But he probably is known best for another invention -- the geodesic dome. A geodesic dome is a round building made of many straight-sided pieces.

但他最著名发明可能是另一项发明——测地线圆顶。测地线圆顶是由许多直边构件组成圆形建筑。

There are no limits to the size of a geodesic dome. So Fuller proposed using them over cities or over areas that had severe weather.

状球顶建筑大小没有限制。所以富勒建议在有极端天气城市或区域使用这种建筑。

The 12-foot-wide geodesic sphere weighs almost 2, 000 pounds and is made up of 2, 688 crystals and 32, 252 LED lights, making it the largest crystal ball in the world.

这个 12 英尺宽测地线球重约 2000 磅，由 2688 颗水晶和 32252 个发光二极管灯组成，是世界上最大水晶球。

But his tendency to make great leaps from slight data meant his ideas often lacked solid foundations—much like his geodesic domes, novel structures that soared skywards without apparent support and occasionally came crashing down.

但他倾向于从微不足道数据中取得巨大飞跃， 这意味着他想法往往缺乏坚实基础——就像他测地线穹顶一样， 新颖结构在没有明显支撑情况下直冲云霄， 偶尔会轰然倒塌。