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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: 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. (Arch.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called {dome}. [1913 Webster] 2. A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern. [1913 Webster] 3. A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works. [1913 Webster] 4. A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance. [1913 Webster] 5. (Anat.) The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dome \Dome\, n. [See {Doom}.] Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Dome \Dome\, n. [F. d[^o]me, It. duomo, fr. L. domus a house, domus Dei or Domini, house of the Lord, house of God; akin to Gr. ? house, ? to build, and E. timber. See {Timber}.] 1. A building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry. [1913 Webster] Approach the dome, the social banquet share. --Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. (Arch.) A cupola formed on a large scale. [1913 Webster] Note: "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 that the word in its present English sense has crept into use from the circumstance of such buildings being frequently surmounted by a cupola." --Am. Cyc. [1913 Webster] 3. 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. [1913 Webster] 4. (Crystallog.) 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. [1913 Webster] Note: If the plane is parallel to the longer diagonal (macrodiagonal) of the prism, it is called a macrodome; if parallel to the shorter (brachydiagonal), it is a brachydome; if parallel to the inclined diagonal in a monoclinic crystal, it is called a clinodome; if parallel to the orthodiagonal axis, an orthodome. --Dana. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: dome n 1: a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward 2: informal terms for a human head [syn: {attic}, {bean}, {bonce}, {noodle}, {noggin}, {dome}] 3: a stadium that has a roof [syn: {dome}, {domed stadium}, {covered stadium}] 4: a hemispherical roof From V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (June 2013) [vera]: DOME Distributed Object Management Environment (ORB) From German-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.3 [fd-deu-eng]: Dome /doːmə/ cathedrals; minsters