hemispherical dome

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• Dome (disambiguation) — Dome in architecture : ribbed hemispherical dome resting on an octagonal drum in the Great Mosque of Kairouan (also called the Mosque of Uqba), city of Kairouan, Tunisia. A dome is a structural element of architecture that resembles the… …   Wikipedia

• Dome — For other uses, see Dome (disambiguation). Domal redirects here. For domal consonants , see Retroflex consonant. Dome of St. Peter s Basilica in Rome crowned by a cupola. Designed primarily by Michelangelo, the dome was not completed until 1590 A …   Wikipedia

• dome — domelike, adj. /dohm/, n., v., domed, doming. n. 1. Archit. a. a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions. b. a domical roof or ceiling. c. a… …   Universalium

• dome — [dōm] n. [ DOME sense 1 < L domus, house (< IE * domu < base * dem , to build); others < Fr dôme < Prov doma < LL(Ec), roof, building, cathedral < Gr dōma, housetop, house, temple < same IE base: see TIMBER, DOMINATE] 1.… …   English World dictionary

• dome — /doʊm / (say dohm) noun 1. Architecture a. a large, hemispherical, approximately hemispherical, or spheroidal vault, its form produced by rotating an arch on its vertical radius. b. a roof of domical shape. c. a vault or curved roof on a… …  

• Dome of the Prophet — The Dome of the Prophet (Arabic: فبة النبي‎) also known as the Dome of Gabriel (Qubbat Jibril) is a free standing dome in the northern Temple Mount (Haram ash Sharif) in Jerusalem that serves as a symbolic monument rather than a religious… …   Wikipedia

• Dome —    Domes are hemispherical vaults, first introduced in large scale by the Romans. The architects of the Byzantine era pioneered an effective method of construction entailing the use of pendentives that transfer the weight of the dome to the piers …   Dictionary of Renaissance art

• dome — I. noun Etymology: French, Italian, & Latin; French dôme dome, cathedral, from Italian duomo cathedral, from Medieval Latin domus church, from Latin, house; akin to Greek domos house, Sanskrit dam Date: 1513 1. archaic a stately building ;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• dome — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. vault, cupola. See covering, convexity. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A hemispherical roof] Syn. cupola, top, bulge, vault, onion dome, coving, mosque roof, church roof, bubble dome, geodesic dome, rotunda,… …   English dictionary for students

• 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 …   English new terms dictionary

• dome — n. & v. n. 1 a a rounded vault as a roof, with a circular, elliptical, or polygonal base; a large cupola. b the revolving openable hemispherical roof of an observatory. 2 a a natural vault or canopy (of the sky, trees, etc.). b the rounded summit …   Useful english dictionary