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Webster 1913 Edition


Dome

Dome

,
Noun.
[F.
dôme
, It.
duomo
, fr. L.
domus
a house,
domus Dei
or
Domini
, house of the Lord, house of God; akin to Gr. [GREEK] house, [GREEK] 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.
☞ “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.
☞ 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

,
Noun.
[See
Doom
.]
Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Webster 1828 Edition


Dome

DOME

,
Noun.
[Gr., a house, a plain roof. L.]
1.
A building; a house; a fabric; used in poetry.
2.
A cathedral.
3.
In architecture, a spherical roof, raised over the middle of a building; a cupola.
4.
In chemistry, the upper part of a furnace, resembling a hollow hemisphere or small dome. This form serves to reflect or reverberate a part of the flame; hence these furnaces are called reverberating furnaces.

Definition 2024


dôme

dôme

See also: dome, Dome, domé, and domē

French

Noun

dôme m (plural dômes)

  1. (architecture) dome

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