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DCCT |
Discontinuous Compression, Continuous Tension |
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DEW |
Distant Early Warning System
(Alaska, Northern Canada, Greenland) |
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DDM |
Dymaxion Dwelling Machine |
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DDU |
Dymaxion Deployment Unit |
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DEAD LOAD |
The vertical load due to the weight of all permanent structural &
non-structural components of a building |
| DEGREE |
A 1/360th
division of a
circle |
| DEGREES OF FREEDOM |
# of Independent Forces
Needed to Restrain a Body in Space |
| DELTAHEDRON |
Polyhedron Composed of
Triangles |
| DESIGN |
Deliberate Ordering of
Components |
| DESIGN SCIENCE |
Faithful Observation of
Universe as the Basis of Invention |
| DEVELOP |
To Evolve, to Make Available
or Usable, to Realize |
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DIAMETER |
Distance across widest dimension of a circle |
| DIMENSION |
Spatial
Extent, Order of
Complexity & Distinct Facets of Symmetry |
| DIMPLING |
Yielding Inwardly to Produce
Local Indent in Structural System |
| DIVERGENCE |
Moving Farther Apart
Outwardly from a Common Center |
| DODECAHEDRON |
Polyhedron of 12 Faces; if
Regular, 1 of the 5 Platonic Solids |
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DOME PANEL |
In panelized dome structures, triangular
member of the dome shell |
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DOME SHELL |
In panelized dome structures, the structure formed by the assembling of all
individual triangular panels |
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DORMER |
An opening in the loft area for exterior vertical doors & windows that is an
exterior, built-on appendage |
| DOWN |
Erroneous
Term; See:
Glossary/In |
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DTU |
Dymaxion Transport Unit |
| DYMAXION |
Maximum Output for Minimum
Investment of Materials, Energy & Time |
