What (who) is DOME - definition
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DoME; Le dome
Dome
![Comparison of a generic "true" [[arch]] (left) and a corbel arch (right)](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arc truefalserp.jpg?width=200 "Comparison of a generic \"true\" [[arch]] (left) and a corbel arch (right)")
![Saint Sava]] was entirely built from prefabricated slabs. It was hydraulically lifted from the ground to 40 m height by lift-slab method. 1935-2004](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aufriss und Mosaikflächen Dom des Heiligen Sava.jpg?width=200 "Saint Sava]] was entirely built from prefabricated slabs. It was hydraulically lifted from the ground to 40 m height by lift-slab method. 1935-2004")
![Dome of the Church of the Assumption in [[Carcaixent]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Cúpula de l'església de l'Assumpció de Carcaixent (Ribera Alta-País Valencià).jpg?width=200 "Dome of the Church of the Assumption in [[Carcaixent]]")
![The [[Dome of the Rock]] in [[Jerusalem]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dome of the Rock Temple Mount.jpg?width=200 "The [[Dome of the Rock]] in [[Jerusalem]]")
![[[Geodesic dome]]s of the [[Eden Project]] in United Kingdom](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eden Project geodesic domes panorama.jpg?width=200 "[[Geodesic dome]]s of the [[Eden Project]] in United Kingdom")
![Pantheon]] in Rome.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Giovanni Paolo Panini - Interior of the Pantheon, Rome - Google Art Project.jpg?width=200 "Pantheon]] in Rome.")
![Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb]] (25 AD – 220 AD).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Model of the Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb.jpg?width=200 "Lei Cheng Uk Han Tomb]] (25 AD – 220 AD).")
![Cathedral of the Annunciation]], [[Moscow Kremlin]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Onion domes of Cathedral of the Annunciation.JPG?width=200 "Cathedral of the Annunciation]], [[Moscow Kremlin]].")
![Blue Mosque]] in Istanbul, a World Heritage Site and example of the classical style period of Ottoman architecture, showing Byzantine influence.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/P1020390.JPG?width=200 "Blue Mosque]] in Istanbul, a World Heritage Site and example of the classical style period of Ottoman architecture, showing Byzantine influence.")
![stellate]] pattern to represent the night sky.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/PK Thatta asv2020-02 img08 Shah Jahan Mosque.jpg?width=200 "stellate]] pattern to represent the night sky.")
![Brunelleschi]]'s dome, Italy](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Santa Maria del Fiore.jpg?width=200 "Brunelleschi]]'s dome, Italy")
![Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque, [[Isfahan]], [[Iran]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sheikh Lotfallah Esfahan.JPG?width=200 "Sheikh Lotfallah Mosque, [[Isfahan]], [[Iran]].")
![The dome of [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in London](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/St Paul's Cathedral Dome from One New Change - Square Crop.jpg?width=200 "The dome of [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in London")
![The [[Taj Mahal]] in [[Agra]], [[India]] built by [[Shah Jahan]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Taj Mahal 2012.jpg?width=200 "The [[Taj Mahal]] in [[Agra]], [[India]] built by [[Shah Jahan]].")
![Justinian the Great]] was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Turkey-3019 - Hagia Sophia (2216460729).jpg?width=200 "Justinian the Great]] was the largest cathedral in the world for nearly a thousand years.")
![[[Saint Basil's Cathedral]] (1555–61) in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]. Its distinctive [[onion dome]]s date to the 1680s.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tverskoy District, Moscow, Russia - panoramio (610).jpg?width=200 "[[Saint Basil's Cathedral]] (1555–61) in [[Moscow]], [[Russia]]. Its distinctive [[onion dome]]s date to the 1680s.")
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT THAT RESEMBLES THE HOLLOW UPPER HALF OF A SPHERE
Domes; Saucer dome; Handkerchief vault; Sail vault; Domal; Sail-vault; Calotte (architecture); False dome; Umbrella dome; Paraboloid dome; Compound dome
·noun A cupola formed on a large scale.
II. Dome ·noun Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision.
III. Dome ·noun A building; a house; an edifice;
- used chiefly in poetry.
IV. Dome ·noun 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.
V. Dome ·noun 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.
dome
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT THAT RESEMBLES THE HOLLOW UPPER HALF OF A SPHERE
Domes; Saucer dome; Handkerchief vault; Sail vault; Domal; Sail-vault; Calotte (architecture); False dome; Umbrella dome; Paraboloid dome; Compound dome
¦ noun
1. a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure.
the revolving openable hemispherical roof of an observatory.
2. the rounded summit of a hill or mountain.
Geology a rounded uplifted landform or underground structure.
3. informal the top of the head.
4. literary a stately building.
¦ verb [often as noun doming] form a rounded shape.
Derivatives
domed adjective
dome-like adjective
Origin
C16: from Fr. dome, from Ital. duomo 'cathedral, dome', from L. domus 'house'.
dome
ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENT THAT RESEMBLES THE HOLLOW UPPER HALF OF A SPHERE
Domes; Saucer dome; Handkerchief vault; Sail vault; Domal; Sail-vault; Calotte (architecture); False dome; Umbrella dome; Paraboloid dome; Compound dome
your head, above the face.
John just got mugged! They slapped a lead pipe against his dome!
John just got mugged! They slapped a lead pipe against his dome!
Wikipedia
Dome (disambiguation)
A dome is a structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere.
Dome may also refer to:
Pronunciation examples for DOME
1. would be all dome
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2. Write dome four loops.
Fireside Jam _ Mark Lettieri _ Talks at Google
3. It's Clingman's Dome.
Surviving the Appalachian Trail _ Ray Mount _ Talks at Google
4. they climbed Half Dome.
Yosemiteâs Most Iconic Climb _ Hans Florine _ Talks at Google
5. The dome, that little dome, is growing really fast.
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Examples of use of DOME
1. Don‘t even think about calling it the Dome or even the 02 Dome.
2. JP: Well, first of all, the Dome, the license, casinos were not involved in the application and the sake of the Dome.
3. Documents reveal Lord Falconer met with Dome consortium 13 times Vicious robber in 200m Dome heist sues police over his black eye...and you‘re paying his legal bill!
4. As the wind pounded the dome early Monday, it could be heard only along the second–floor concourse – not farther into the dome. Everybody slept last night.
5. His domestic dome is yet to catch on, yet the dome tent is a ubiquitous sight at festivals and campsites across the world.