BUCKYVERSE

Concepts Index

Core concept articles and collection-system ontology, migrated from legacy llm-wiki/concepts/.

Last updated: 2026-08-15

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a-and-b-quanta-modules.md The two irregular tetrahedra (each 1/24 of a regular tetrahedron) from which Fuller assembles every symmetric synergetic form and by which its volumes resolve into whole numbers... quanta-modules, a-module, b-module, mite, synergetics... 2026-07-05
all-space-filling.md Which polyhedra tile three-dimensional space without gaps, centered on the Mite as the simplest all-space filler and the Duo-tet Cube's 24 tetravolumes as the complement to t... all-space-filling, mite, duo-tet-cube, tessellation... 2026-07-29
closest-packing-of-spheres.md The physical fact that equal spheres nest most densely as twelve around one nucleus, forming the vector equilibrium — the experiential origin of Synergetics... closest-packing, spheres, synergetics, vector-equilib... 2026-07-05
concentric-hierarchy.md The whole-number volume relationships that emerge when the tetrahedron is the unit of volume, producing exact integer ratios for every symmetric polyhedron in synergetics... concentric-hierarchy, volume-hierarchy, whole-number... 2026-07-29
collection-registry-overview.md Explains the purpose of the Collection Registry, where its files live, and the naming and field conventions... collection-management, collection-registry, provenan... 2026-06-27
collection-registry-schema.md Defines the Collection Registry record schema: the BV record ID format, the supported record types, the cor... collection-management, collection-registry, schema, ... 2026-06-27
collection-registry.md Landing page for the Buckyverse holdings registry, pointing to the overview, schema, record types, and rece... collection-management, collection-registry, provenan... 2026-06-27
design-science.md Design Science is Fuller's problem-solving discipline—Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science—of applying... design-science, comprehensive-anticipatory-design-sc... 2026-07-02
ephemeralization.md Doing more with less — the historical tendency of technology to accomplish ever more human advantage with e... ephemeralization, more-with-less, technology, design... 2026-07-29
frequency.md Fuller's replacement for absolute scale: the number of modular subdivisions along a system's edge, bridging sizeless generalized principles to special-case physical artifacts... frequency, size, subdivision, geodesic, synergetics... 2026-07-29
froebels-gifts.md The sequenced set of geometric play objects Friedrich Froebel designed for his kindergarten, credited with ... froebel-gifts, kindergarten, geometry-education, des... 2026-07-02
generalized-principles.md Experimentally verified truths that hold in every case without exception — the eternal, weightless, metaphy... buckminster-fuller, synergetics, generalized-princip... 2026-07-29
geodesic-structures.md Self-supporting shells spanning via triangulated great-circle grids — the geodesic dome encloses maximum vo... geodesic-dome, geodesic-structures, architecture, m... 2026-07-29
great-circles.md The shortest path on a sphere — a circle whose plane passes through the center — and the mathematical basi... great-circles, geodesic, spherical-geometry, triangu... 2026-07-29
fuller-coined-terms.md A plain-language dictionary of ~55 of Buckminster Fuller's coined and redefined terms — words he invented o... buckminster-fuller, vocabulary, glossary, dictionary... 2026-06-28
goldberg-coxeter-construction.md A graph operation that subdivides polyhedral faces with a lattice of triangles, squares, or hexagons, unify... polyhedra, geodesic-geometry, fullerene, graph-theor... 2026-07-02
goldberg-polyhedron.md A convex polyhedron of twelve pentagons and any number of hexagons with icosahedral symmetry — the geometri... polyhedra, geodesic-geometry, fullerene, geometry, a... 2026-07-02
operational-mathematics.md Geometry derived from physical operation on real systems, not from assumed axioms or imaginary entities — F... operational-mathematics, epistemology, geometry, syn... 2026-07-29
pattern-integrity.md A pattern has an integrity independent of the medium through which it is propagated — Fuller's answer to wh... pattern-integrity, metaphysical, conceptuality, iden... 2026-07-29
precession.md The effect of a body in motion on other bodies in motion at angles other than the line of action — Fuller's... precession, side-effects, generalized-principle, nin... 2026-07-29
isotropic-vector-matrix.md The all-space-filling lattice of equal-length vectors joining closest-packed sphere centers — Fuller's coordinate framework of Universe in place of the XYZ cube... isotropic-vector-matrix, ivm, octet-truss, synergetic... 2026-07-05
lemon-wiki.md An LLM-compiled knowledge base — a structured, agent-driven wiki that uses AI coding agents to research, ... llm-wiki, lemon-wiki, knowledge-base, tooling, ai-a... 2026-07-29
jitterbug-transformation.md The symmetrical contraction in which the vector equilibrium twists inward through the icosahedron, octahedron, and tetrahedron — Fuller's model of structural phase change... jitterbug, vector-equilibrium, transformation, synerg... 2026-07-05
receipts.md Defines receipts as private source records for acquisition evidence and the conventions for storing, naming... collection-management, receipts, provenance, acquisi... 2026-06-27
record-types.md Lists the library-facing record types used in the Collection Registry and maps each to its controlled nomen... collection-management, record-types, nomenclature, c... 2026-06-27
sixty-degree-coordination.md Nature closest-packs spheres at 60 degrees, not 90 — synergetics replaces the Cartesian cube with an omnid... coordination, sixty-degree, closest-packing, coordin... 2026-07-29
synergy.md The behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the behavior of their parts taken separately — the organizing ... buckminster-fuller, synergetics, synergy, whole-syst... 2026-07-29
system.md The first subdivision of Universe into an inside, an outside, and everything irrelevant — all systems are p... buckminster-fuller, synergetics, system, topology, m... 2026-07-29
tetrahedron-minimum-system.md The tetrahedron as the minimum structural division of Universe — four points, six edges, four faces, twelve... tetrahedron, minimum-system, unit-volume, topology, ... 2026-07-29
biotensegrity.md Biotensegrity applies Fuller's tensegrity principle to biological organisms, modeling cells, musculoskeletal systems, and structures from viruses to vertebrates as self-orga... biotensegrity, tensegrity, stephen-levin, biology, b... 2026-08-10
tensegrity.md Tensegrity is a structural principle of isolated compression members suspended within a continuous network ... tensegrity, structural-principle, geodesic, kenneth-... 2026-08-10
triangulation.md The triangle as the only inherently self-stabilizing polygon — therefore triangulation, not solidity, is wh... triangulation, structure, stability, triangle, syner... 2026-07-29
truncated-octahedron.md The truncated octahedron is a 14-faced Archimedean solid that Buckminster Fuller called the 'mecon,' compos... truncated-octahedron, mecon, polyhedron, geometry, s... 2026-07-02
universe.md The aggregate of all humanity's consciously apprehended and communicated, nonsimultaneous, and only partial... buckminster-fuller, synergetics, universe, scenario-... 2026-07-29
vector-equilibrium.md Fuller's name for the cuboctahedron of twelve spheres closest-packed around one — the zero-phase equilibrium of equal radial and circumferential vectors... vector-equilibrium, cuboctahedron, synergetics, close... 2026-07-05
spaceship-earth.md Spaceship Earth is the metaphor, rooted in a multi-author intellectual lineage, that treats the planet as a... spaceship-earth, environmentalism, design-science, oper... 2026-08-15
comprehensive-anticipatory-design-science.md Comprehensive Anticipatory Design Science (CADS) is Fuller's full methodological framework — the Eight Str... comprehensive-anticipatory-design-science, cads, design... 2026-08-15
trimtab.md Fuller's most enduring metaphor: the tiny rudder-tab that steers a ship by creating low pressure — his ans... trimtab, metaphor, individual-agency, systems-thinking... 2026-08-15
great-pirates.md Fuller's concept of seafaring power-holders who controlled world trade through knowledge monopoly and enfo... great-pirates, operating-manual, specialization, comp... 2026-08-15
livingry.md Fuller's concept of 'livingry' — life-supporting technology as the antonym of 'killingry' (weaponry), from... livingry, killingry, weaponry, life-support, design-s... 2026-08-15
wealth.md Fuller's redefinition of wealth as 'the organized capability to deal with forward days of life' — not mone... wealth, energy, money, ephemeralization, cosmic-costin... 2026-08-15
fullers-self-disciplines.md The 22 self-disciplines Fuller codified in Critical Path (Chapter 4) — the personal operating system for t... self-disciplines, guinea-pig-b, critical-path, 1927-cr... 2026-08-15
passive-cooling-geometry.md How the shape and geometry of enclosed spaces drive passive cooling — domes, courtyards, wind towers, vaul... passive-cooling, geometry, ventilation, stack-effect, d... 2026-08-15

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