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Webster 1913 Edition
Cupola
Cu′po-la
(k?′p?-l?)
, Noun.
pl.
Cupolas
(-l[GREEK]z)
. 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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Cupola
CUPOLA
,Noun.
Definition 2024
cupola
cupola
English
A cupola atop Cardiff's city hall
Basic cupola furnace
Noun
cupola (plural cupolas or cupolae)
- (architecture) A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
- 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
- the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola.
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- (military) A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
- (geology) An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
- (geometry) A solid formed by joining two polygons, one (the base) with twice as many edges as the other, by an alternating band of isosceles triangles and rectangles.
- A type of furnace used for smelting.
- 2008, Matthew Stein, When Technology Fails, ISBN 1603580956:
- The cupola has a small cylindrical chimney-like bore that is lined with a refractory material.
- 2009, S.K. Garg, Comprehensive Workshop Technology, ISBN 8170086353, page 260:
- Cast iron produced in a cupola possesses the following advantages : The cost of melting is low. The control of chemical composition is better. Temperature control is easier. Molten metals can be tapped from the cupola at regular intervals.
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- (anatomy) A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.
- the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule
- 1937, Sir Gavin De Beer, The Development of the Vertebrate Skull, page 180:
- From each anterior cupola there projects forwards the processus prenasalis lateralis inferior.
- 2015, Charles E. Smith, Trauma Anesthesia, ISBN 110703826X, page 85:
- The cupola of the lung is mostly medial and posterior to the vein as it begins to course deeper into the thorax (Fig. 5.7).
Derived terms
Translations
architecture: dome-shaped ornamental structure
military: small turret
External links
References
- (etymology) cupola in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913