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CAL |
Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory |
Buffalo |
NY |
USA |
| CALORIE |
Energy Needed to Heat 1 Gram
of Water 1 Degree Centigrade |
|
CANOPY |
The plywood "filler" between the dome shell & the vertical "Longwall" |
| CARRYING CAPACITY |
Maximum Population that a
Given Ecosystem can Support |
|
CBC |
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
city? |
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Canada |
|
CCA |
Container Corporation of America |
city? |
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USA |
| CENTER |
See:
Glossary/Nucleus |
| CHANGE |
Movement from 1 Form, State
or Phase to Another; Transform |
| CHORD FACTOR |
Math Ratio between the Radius
& Edge Length of a Solid |
| CIRCUMSCRIBED SPHERE |
The Sphere that Passes
through the Vertices of a Solid |
| CLOSED SYSTEM |
Where Energy but not Matter
Exchanged Between it & Earth |
| COMPOUND |
A Combination of Regular
Solids with a Common Center |
| COMPLEMENTARITY |
Necessary Coexistence,
Inseparable Pairs; Unity is Plural |
| COMPREHENSION |
To Grasp Mentally all
Connections of a Problem or Event |
| COMPREHENSIVISM |
Dedication to Perceiving
Relationships Between all Areas |
| COMPRESSION |
Building Using Earthward
Pressure |
| CONCAVE |
Curved toward the Observer,
as Seen from the Inside |
| CONCEPTION |
Forming Mental Concepts,
Plans & Thoughts |
| CONCEPTS |
Ideas Independent of Size |
| CONVERGENCE |
Coming Together Toward a
Common Center |
| CONVEX |
Curved away from the
Observer, as seen from the Outside |
| CORNERS |
The Vertices of a System |
| COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS |
Comparing Present Value of
Expected Benefits with Costs |
| COUPLER |
Semisymmetrical Octahedron =
16 A-Modules + 8 B-Modules |
|
COVENANTS |
An agreement made between the seller & the purchaser of a piece of property
or a home |
|
CR |
Chronofile |
| CUBE |
An Unstable Structure of 8
Corners & 6 Areas |
| CUBING |
Inaccurate Term for
Increasing System Volume by Doubling Edge Lengths |
