| 单词 |
ephemeralization |
| 释义 |
ephemeraliˈzation
[f. ephemeral a. + -ization.]
The practice or process of rendering (more) ephemeral; spec. Buckminster Fuller's word for the production or evolution of machinery smaller and lighter than that previously used for the same purpose (see also quot. 1972).
1960R. W. Marks Dymaxion World of B. Fuller 151/4 This process of doing more with less may be capsuled as ‘ephemeralization’. The more ephemeralization advances the more flyable becomes any one cargo. 1962R. B. Fuller Epic Poem on Industrialization p. x, The ‘ephemeralization’ of motive power has taken place under our eyes. A freight locomotive weighs 100 pounds per horsepower delivered at the track. An automobile engine weighs 13 pounds per horsepower. 1972N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 16 Jan. 4 ‘Ephemeralization’ is the key word in Buckminster Fuller's bulging lexicon. To him it means increasing the obsolescence rate of all goods in order to speed up the recycling of elements. The corollary is ‘regenerative’ or inflamed consumerism. |
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