Tensegrity

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Related phrases: tensegrity structure

 

Definitions of tensegrity on the Web:

 

* Structure Using Distributed Tension to Hold Islands of Compression

www.buckminster.info/Glossary/Glossary-T.htm

 

* Series of twelve movements advanced by author Carlos Castaneda, Ph.D., reportedly born Carlos Cesar Arana Castaneda in 1925, in Peru. Castaneda supposedly learned these movements from his teacher, Juan Matus (Don Juan), a reputed Yaqui sorcerer (brujo). ("Don" is a courtesy title that means "nobleman" or "gentleman.") The purported design of Tensegrity is to "gather energy" and promote well-being. Its theory posits an "energy body." (According to Castaneda, his teacher was born in 1891. ...

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* (tensile integrity) structure: a structure where interconnected tensile and compressive load distribution is used to create great strength. ...

www.chenzhonghua.com/Articles/chen_taiji_glossary.htm

 

* In mechanics and biomechanics, tensegrity or tensional integrity is a property of objects with components that use tension and compression in a combination that yields strength and resilience beyond the sum of their components.

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