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Dome Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dome? [n] a hemispherical roof [n] a stadium that has a roof [n] informal terms for a human head Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dome: attic \| bean \| bonce \| covered stadium \| domed stadium \| noggin \| noodle Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dome: antenna tower \| apse \| arcade \| arcature \| arch \| arched roof \| archway \| barbican \| bean \| belfry \| bell tower \| bend \| bend back \| bonnet \| bow \| brow \| camber \| campanile \| cap \| ceil \| ceilinged roof \| coif \| colossus \| column \| concameration \| concha \| conk \| cork \| cove \| crook \| crown \| cupola \| curl \| curve \| decurve \| deflect \| derrick \| embow \| fire tower \| flex \| geodesic dome \| hat \| head \| headpiece \| hood \| hook \| hump \| hunch \| igloo \| incurvate \| incurve \| inflect \| keystone \| lantern \| lighthouse \| loop \| martello \| martello tower \| mast \| minaret \| monument \| noddle \| noggin \| noodle \| obelisk \| observation tower \| ogive \| pagoda \| pate \| pilaster \| pillar \| pinnacle \| pole \| poll \| pylon \| pyramid \| recurve \| reflect \| reflex \| retroflex \| ridge \| roof \| roof in \| round \| sag \| sconce \| shaft \| skewback \| skyscraper \| span \| spire \| standpipe \| steeple \| stopper \| stupa \| swag \| sweep \| television mast \| tip \| top \| tope \| tour \| tower \| turn \| turret \| vault \| vaulting \| voussoir \| water tower \| wind \| windmill tower See Also \| arena \| astrodome \| bowl \| cupola \| geodesic dome \| human head \| onion dome \| pressure dome \| roof \| stadium \| whispering dome \| whispering gallery Dome In Webster's Dictionary \Dome\, n. [F. d[^o]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: ``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.'' --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. \Dome\, n. [See {Doom}.] Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Dome Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dome?

[n] a hemispherical roof
[n] a stadium that has a roof
[n] informal terms for a human head

Dome In Webster's Dictionary

\Dome\, n. [F. d[^o]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: ``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.'' --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.


\Dome\, n. [See {Doom}.]
Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. [Obs.]
--Chaucer.

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