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1. Dome
   A dome is a vaulted roof of spherical or other curvature, covering a building or part of it, and forming a common feature in Byzantine and also in Renaissance architecture. Cupola is also used as a synonym, or is applied to the interior, dome being applied to the exterior. Domes of the 19th century ...
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2. dome
   A hemispherical vault.
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3. Dome
   See Follow Spot. (Known as a Dome because often that was where the lantern and its operator were situated, in the dome in the auditorium).
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4. dome
   [n] - a stadium that has a roof 2. [n] - a hemispherical roof
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5. Dome
   The fixed inner back cover of an English consular case, pierced with an access hole for the winding-key.
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6. dome
   a geologic structure resembling an inverted bowl; a short anticline that plunges on all sides.
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7. dome
   In architecture, a roof form which is usually hemispherical and constructed over a circular, square, or octagonal space in a building. A feature of Islamic and Roman architecture, the dome was...
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8. dome
   A vault with double curvature
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9. Dome
   Hemispherical shaped roof or building (ribbed dome cupola).
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10. dome
    inner cover protecting the watch movement; it does not exist in ordinary watches Category: Various industries and crafts • the mound of water spray thrown up into the air when the shock wave from an underwater detonation of a nuclear weapon reaches the surface Category: Environment
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11. Dome
    In architecture, a hemispherical vault or ceiling over a circular opening. Usually, and almost always in the case of Armenian churches, the dome is elevated further by being placed on a circular or polygonal base, called a drum. A dome's external silhouette may be hemispherical, pointed, or onion sh...
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12. dome
    Blown glass cylinder, one end of which is domed, while the base is trimmed straight to allow it to stand upright. Domes were used in Victorian times to protect collections of stuffed birds or animals, arrangements of wax fruit and other displays, and as protective covers for automata and SKELETON CLOCKS.
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13. Dome
    Dome noun [ French dôme , Italian duomo , from Latin domus a house, domus Dei or Domini , house of the Lord, house of God; akin to Greek ... house, ... to build, and English timber . See Timber .] ...
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14. Dome
    Dome noun [ See Doom .] Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. [ Obsolete] Chaucer.
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15. dome
    1. A building; a house; an edifice; used chiefly in poetry. 'Approach the dome, the social banquet share.' (Pope) ... 2. 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 ...
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16. dome
    noun a hemispherical roof
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17. dome
    noun a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
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18. dome
    covered stadium noun a stadium that has a roof
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19. Dome
    • (n.) 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. • (n.) A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry. • (n.) A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which ...
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20. dome
    in architecture, hemispherical structure evolved from the arch, usually forming a ceiling or roof. Domes first appeared as solid mounds and in ... [16 related articles]
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21. dome
    in geology, any large or elliptical structure formed by the fractureless upwarping of rock strata. It is a type of anticline that lacks clear-cut ... [3 related articles]
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22. dome
    dome 1. A mansion or stately building. 2. Etymology: from Latin domus, 'house' from Greek doma, 'housetop, house, temple'.
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23. Dome
    A large rounded box, maintained at a high potential, that houses the ion source and supporting equipment in the preaccelerator.
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24. dome
    Type: Term Pronunciation: dōm Definitions: 1. Structure rising to a hemispheric center.
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25. Dome
    A type of speaker-driver shape; usually used for tweeters (convex). Concave domes are usually referred to as 'inverted domes.'
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