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arcologies

arcologies is the plural of arcology.

Meaning of arcology

Noun

arcology (countable and uncountable, plural arcologies)

  1. (uncountable, urban studies) Urban development theory proposed by Paolo Soleri involving three-dimensional building methods and efficient use of space and resources.
  2. (countable) An extremely large building or complex, sufficient to maintain an internal ecology as well as an extremely high human population density.
    • Behind the port lay the city, factory domes dominated by the vast cubes of corporate arcologies.1984, William Gibson, Neuromancer (Sprawl; book 1), New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 6

Questions about arcologies

What is arcologies the plural of?
Arcologies is the plural of arcology.

Words near arcologies in the dictionary

  1. arcographs
  2. arcoid
  3. arcoids
  4. Arcola
  5. arcological
  6. arcologies
  7. arcology
  8. arcopallial
  9. arcopallium
  10. Arcos
  11. Arcos de la Frontera

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