Definition of Arcology

1. Noun. Urban development theory proposed by Paolo Soleri involving three-dimensional building methods and efficient use of space and resources. ¹

2. Noun. An extremely large habitat or settlement, sufficient to maintain an internal ecology as well as an extremely high human population density. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Arcology

1. a system of architecture that integrates buildings with the environment [n ARCOLOGIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Arcology

arckings
arclength
arclet
arclight
arclights
arcmin
arcminute
arcminutes
arco
arcobacter
arcobacters
arcograph
arcographs
arcological
arcologies
arcology (current term)
arcon articulator
arcopallium
arcosolium
arcotarsium
arcs
arcsch
arcsec
arcsecant
arcsecants
arcsech
arcsecond
arcseconds
arcsecs
arcsin

Literary usage of Arcology

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1883)
"The Archaeology of Early Man. JM Coles and ES Higgs. Praeger, New York, 1969. 456 pp., illus. $16. arcology. The City in the Image of Man. Paolo Soleri. ..."

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