Dome
41Dome — Domes are hemispherical vaults, first introduced in large scale by the Romans. The architects of the Byzantine era pioneered an effective method of construction entailing the use of pendentives that transfer the weight of the dome to the piers …
42dome — I. noun Etymology: French, Italian, & Latin; French dôme dome, cathedral, from Italian duomo cathedral, from Medieval Latin domus church, from Latin, house; akin to Greek domos house, Sanskrit dam Date: 1513 1. archaic a stately building ;… …
43DÔME — n. m. T. d’Architecture Ouvrage en forme de coupe renversée, qui surmonte un grand édifice, et, par extension, Tout autre ouvrage de même forme. Le dôme du Val de Grâce, des Invalides, du Panthéon. Le comble de ce pavillon, ce ciel de lit est… …
44dome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vault, cupola. See covering, convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A hemispherical roof] Syn. cupola, top, bulge, vault, onion dome, coving, mosque roof, church roof, bubble dome, geodesic dome, rotunda,… …
45dome — ALASKA VOLCANO OBSERVATORY GLOSSARY A steep sided mass of viscous (doughy) lava extruded from a volcanic vent (often circular in plane view) and spiny, rounded, or flat on top. Its surface is often rough and blocky as a result of fragmentation of …
46dome — [[t]do͟ʊm[/t]] domes 1) N COUNT A dome is a round roof. ...the dome of St Paul s cathedral. 2) N COUNT A dome is any object that has a similar shape to a dome. ...the dome of the hill …
47dome — UK [dəʊm] / US [doʊm] noun [countable] Word forms dome : singular dome plural domes 1) a roof shaped like the top half of a ball the huge dome of St Paul s Cathedral The zoo s main feature is a jungle setting under a glass dome. 2) mainly… …
48dome — [[t]doʊm[/t]] n. v. domed, dom•ing 1) archit. a) a vault, having a circular plan and usu. in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions b) a domical roof or ceiling c) a polygonal vault,… …
49dome — vandens kupolas statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Išmetamas į orą vandens purslų kauburys, kai povandeninio branduolinio sprogimo smūgio banga pasiekia vandens paviršių. atitikmenys: angl. dome; spray dome pranc. dôme; dôme d’écume ryšiai:… …
50dôme — vandens kupolas statusas T sritis Gynyba apibrėžtis Išmetamas į orą vandens purslų kauburys, kai povandeninio branduolinio sprogimo smūgio banga pasiekia vandens paviršių. atitikmenys: angl. dome; spray dome pranc. dôme; dôme d’écume ryšiai:… …
