Dome : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Dome	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dome n a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward informal terms for a human head Synonym(s): attic, bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, dome a stadium that has a roof Synonym(s): dome, domed stadium, covered stadium a hemispherical roof
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dome \Dome\, n. [F. d[93]me, It. duomo, fr. L. domus a house, domus Dei or Domini, house of the Lord, house of God; akin to Gr. [?] house, [?] to build, and E. timber. See {Timber}.] 1. A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry. Approach the dome, the social banquet share. --Pope. 2. (Arch.) A cupola formed on a large scale. Note: [bd]The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal church of a city, and the Germans call every cathedral church Dom; and it is supposed that the word in its present English sense has crept into use from the circumstance of such buildings being frequently surmounted by a cupola.[b8] --Am. Cyc. 3. Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building; as the upper part of a furnace, the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler, etc. 4. (Crystallog.) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge, like the roof of a house; also, one of the planes of such a form. Note: If the plane is parallel to the longer diagonal (macrodiagonal) of the prism, it is called a macrodome; if parallel to the shorter (brachydiagonal), it is a brachydome; if parallel to the inclined diagonal in a monoclinic crystal, it is called a clinodome; if parallel to the orthodiagonal axis, an orthodome. --Dana.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dome \Dome\, n. [See {Doom}.] Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Cupola \Cu"po*la\ (k?"p?-l?), n.; pl. {Cupolas} (-l[?]z). [It. cupola, LL. cupula, cuppula (cf. L. cupula little tub). fr. cupa, cuppa, cup; cf. L. cupa tub. So called on account of its resemblance to a cup turned over. See {Cup}, and cf. {Cupule}.] 1. (Arch.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called {dome}. 2. A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern. 3. A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works. 4. A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance. 5. (Anat.) The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.