Look up: Pagoda

1. pagoda
   [n] - an Asian temple
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2. pagoda
   Buddhist structure built to contain a relic or sutra (collection of recorded Buddhist dialogues and discourses). They are common in China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar (formerly Burma), and Tibet. Pagodas...
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3. Pagoda
   a garden house of Chinese design introduced into C18th gardens and landscapes for additional variety and to stimulate an emotional response through the interesting juxtaposition of such a feature in the British landscape (see Conceits, Garden Houses).
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4. Pagoda
   Pa·go'da noun [ Portuguese pagoda , pagode , from Hind. & Persian but-kadah a house of idols, or abode of God; Persian but an idol + kadah a house, a temple.] 1. A term by which Europeans designate religious ...
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5. pagoda
   noun an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
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6. Pagoda
   • (n.) An idol. • (n.) A gold or silver coin, of various kinds and values, formerly current in India. The Madras gold pagoda was worth about three and a half rupees. • (n.) A term by which Europeans designate religious temples and tower-like buildings of the Hindoos and Buddhists of I...
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7. pagoda
   in East and Southeast Asia, a towerlike, multistoried structure of stone, brick, or wood, usually associated with a Buddhist temple complex. The ... [9 related articles]
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8. Pagoda
   The Pagoda was the main control and tuning area in the Proton Area built in a shaped inspired by an oriental pagoda. Control and tuning is now done by the SOD Operations Center control room. The Pagoda is no longer used. The basement area underneath still has a few power supplies and control diagnostic racks.
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9. Pagoda
   A pagoda was originally an Indian temple for an idol. They consist of one or more quadrangular courts with towers at the corners, surrounded by a wall. Large pyramids rising in stages cover the entrance, behind which extend colonnades, and large halls called Tschultris, which are used to lodge pilgr...
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10. Pagoda
    The Pagoda was the main control and tuning area in the Proton Area built in a shaped inspired by an oriental pagoda. Control and tuning is now done by the SOD Operations Center control room. The Pagoda is no longer used. The basement area underneath still has a few power supplies and control diagnostic racks.
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11. pagoda
    pagoda (pugō'du) , name given in the East to a variety of buildings of tower form that are usually part of a temple or monastery group and serve as shrines. Those of India (see stupa) are chiefly pyramidal structures of masonry, tapering to an apex and elaborately adorned with carving and ...
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12. Pagoda
    The Pagoda was a gold or silver coin current in Hindustan around the end of the 19th century, varying in value between localities.
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13. pagoda
    Buddhist structure built to contain a relic or sutra (collection of recorded Buddhist dialogues and discourses). They are common in China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar (formerly Burma), and Tibet. Pagodas usually have three, five, or seven storeys, although Chinese pagodas may be up to 13 floors high. They are crowned by a tall spire, or sorin<...
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14. Pagoda
    A cosmetically pleasing square pyramid roof that ventilates the malting rooms. It was designed by Charles Doig who was inspired by Japanese architecture. Doig built the first in 1889, which graces the Dailuaine distillery.
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15. Pagoda
    A `pagoda` is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Nepal and other parts of Asia. Some pagodas are used as Taoist houses of worship. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most commonly Buddhist,...
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16. Pagoda
    (band) the follow-up to their 2007 debut in March 2009 at Excello Recording Studios in Brooklyn, New York with producer Hugh Pool. . The songs were recorded live in the studio (except for overdubs which were later added) and were documented by a crew of cameramen and photographers who filmed ...
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17. Pagoda
    (coin) -issued "Gold Pagoda" for Southern India trade, cast in Pondicherry 1705-1780. `Pagoda` was a unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold minted by Indian dynasties as well as the British, the French and the Dutch. It was issued by various dynasties in medieval souther...
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18. Pagoda
    (Efteling) `Pagoda` (or "Pagode" in Dutch) is an unobtrusive variation of the Observation tower in amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands. It was designed by The Pagoda and the Gondoletta|At night--> The Pagoda, developed by Intamin as a flying island, is described...
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19. Pagoda
    (data structure) In computer science, a `pagoda` is a priority queue implemented with a variant of a binary tree. The root points to its children, as in a binary tree. Every other node points back to its parent and down to its leftmost (if it is a right child) or rightmost (if it is a left ch...
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20. Pagoda
    (album) `Pagoda` is the debut album by Pagoda. It was recorded in Milan, and was released in 2007. Following the completion of the album, band members Jamie and Indigo left the band. Luca stepped in to play bass, but has since taken the role as sound man for the 2007 European tour, and...
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21. Pagoda
    (Reading, Pennsylvania) --> --> The `Pagoda` is a pagoda styled novelty building built atop Mount Penn, overlooking Reading, Pennsylvania. Now a symbol of the city, it is also the logo for the minor league acre--> of municipally-owned land. The Pagoda is 28 feet (8.5 m) wide, 50 feet (15 m) l...
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