Término integrado de tensión + integral o integridad tensional. Del inglés, tensional integrity.
Concepto estructural creado por Buckminster Fuller en los '60.
De la Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensegrity):
Tensegrity, tensional integrity or floating compression, is a structural principle based on the use of isolated components in compression inside a net of continuous tension, in such a way that the compressed members (usually bars or struts) do not touch each other and the prestressed tensioned members (usually cables or tendons) delineate the system spatially.
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