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• cupola furnace — ▪ metallurgy       in steelmaking, a vertical cylindrical furnace used for melting iron either for casting or for charging in other furnaces.       René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur built the first cupola furnace on record, in France, about 1720 …   Universalium

• Cupola — • A spherical ceiling, or a bowl shaped vault, rising like an inverted cup over a circular, square, or multangular building or any part of it Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cupola     Cupola …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Cupola (disambiguation) — Cupola, a diminutive of the Latin cupa (barrel) and thus meaning little barrel , is used for dome shaped items, including: An architectural dome element Cupola, a (usually dome shaped) structure located on top of a larger roof or dome (for a roof …   Wikipedia

• Cupola — Cu po*la (k? p? l?), n.; pl. {Cupolas} ( l?z). [It. cupola, LL. cupula, cuppula (cf. L. cupula little tub). fr. cupa, cuppa, cup; cf. L. cupa tub. So called on account of its resemblance to a cup turned over. See {Cup}, and cf. {Cupule}.] 1.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Cupola furnace — A cupola furnace in operation at Wayne State University, in Detroit, Michigan A Cupola or Cupola furnace is a melting device used in foundries that can be used to melt cast iron, ni resist iron and some bronzes. The cupola can be made almost any… …   Wikipedia

• iron processing — Introduction       use of a smelting process to turn the ore into a form from which products can be fashioned. Included in this article also is a discussion of the mining of iron and of its preparation for smelting.       Iron (Fe) is a… …   Universalium

• cupola — /kyooh peuh leuh/, n. 1. Archit. a. a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere. b. a dome, esp. one covering a circular or polygonal area. 2. any of various domelike structures. 3. Metall. a vertical furnace… …   Universalium

• cupola — noun Etymology: Italian, from Latin cupula, diminutive of cupa tub Date: 1549 1. a. a rounded vault resting on a usually circular base and forming a roof or a ceiling b. a small structure built …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• cupola — cu•po•la [[t]ˈkyu pə lə[/t]] n. pl. las 1) archit. a) a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere b) a dome, esp. one covering a circular or polygonal area 2) any of various domelike structures 3) mel a… …   From formal English to slang

• cupola — /ˈkjupələ / (say kyoohpuhluh) noun 1. a rounded vault or dome constituting, or built upon a roof; a small domelike or tower like structure on a roof. 2. a dome or relatively small size, especially when forming part of a minor or decorative… …  

• cast iron — an alloy of iron, carbon, and other elements, cast as a soft and strong, or as a hard and brittle, iron, depending on the mixture and methods of molding. [1655 65; cast (ptp. of CAST1) + IRON] * * * Alloy of iron that contains 2–4% carbon, along… …   Universalium