from Wikipedia: Geodesic domes get their name by following the shape of a Geodesic Polyhedron, for example the Icosahedron being the canonical example. "Geodesi

from Wikipedia: Geodesic domes get their name by following the shape of a Geodesic Polyhedron, for example the Icosahedron being the canonical example. "Geodesic line" means in some sense the shortest line between two points (usually on a curved surface), where as "Geodesic Polyhedron" means in some sense the least amount of vertices/faces to enclose a volume. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic_polyhedron https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geodesic_polyhedron