What does dome mean?
Definitions for dome
doʊmdome
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word dome.
Princeton's WordNet
domenoun
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward
attic, bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, domenoun
informal terms for a human head
dome, domed stadium, covered stadiumnoun
a stadium that has a roof
domenoun
a hemispherical roof
Wiktionary
domenoun
A common structural element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere, a cupola.
domenoun
Anything shaped like an upset bowl, often used as a cover, e.g. a cake dome.
domenoun
head (including the meaning 'oral sex')
Etymology: From Latin doma. Compare French dôme.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Domenoun
Etymology: dome, French, from domus, Latin.
Best be he call’d among good men,
Who to his God this column rais’d:
Though lightning strike the dome again,
The man who built it shall be prais’d. Matthew Prior.Stranger! whoe’er thou art, securely rest,
Affianc’d in my faith, a friendly guest:
Approach the dome, the social banquet share,
And then the purpose of thy soul declare. Alexander Pope, Odyssey.
ChatGPT
dome
A dome is a structural element of architecture that features a hollow upper half of a sphere shape. It is often used as a roof for buildings or as a shelter for specific areas, creating a large open space beneath it without the need for multiple supporting columns. It is common in religious buildings, like churches and mosques, as well as in official or public buildings.
Webster Dictionary
Domenoun
a building; a house; an edifice; -- used chiefly in poetry
Domenoun
a cupola formed on a large scale
Domenoun
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
Domenoun
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
Domenoun
decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision
Etymology: [See Doom.]
Wikidata
Dome
A dome is an element of architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere. Dome structures made of various materials have a long architectural lineage extending into prehistory. Corbel domes and true domes have been found in the ancient Middle East in modest buildings and tombs. The construction of the first technically advanced true domes began in the Roman Architectural Revolution, when they were frequently used by the Romans to shape large interior spaces of temples and public buildings, such as the Pantheon. This tradition continued unabated after the adoption of Christianity in the Byzantine religious and secular architecture, culminating in the revolutionary pendentive dome of the 6th-century church Hagia Sophia. Squinches, the technique of making a transition from a square shaped room to a circular dome, was most likely invented by the ancient Persians. The Sassanid Empire initiated the construction of the first large-scale domes in Persia, with such royal buildings as the Palace of Ardashir, Sarvestan and Ghal'eh Dokhtar. With the Muslim conquest of Greek-Roman Syria, the Byzantine architectural style became a major influence on Muslim societies. Indeed the use of domes as a feature of Islamic architecture has gotten its roots from Roman Greater-Syria.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dome
dōm, n. a structure raised above the roof of large buildings, usually hemispherical: a large cupola: a cathedral: (poet.) a building.—v.t. to furnish with a dome.—adjs. Domed, Dom′ical, having a dome. [L. domus, a house; Fr. dôme, It. duomo, Ger. dom.]
Dome
dōm, n. (Spen.). Same as Doom.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
dome
See spray dome.
Rap Dictionary
dome
Dome - one's head. Synonyms - headpiece, cabbage.
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
DOME
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dome is ranked #35489 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Dome surname appeared 634 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Dome.
90.8% or 576 total occurrences were White.
4.8% or 31 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2% or 13 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.1% or 7 total occurrences were Black.
1.1% or 7 total occurrences were Asian.
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Anagrams for dome »
demo
E.D. Mo.
Edom
mode
moed
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dome in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dome in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of dome in a Sentence
We saw that during Operation Protective Edge [2014 Gaza War] the Iron Dome faced one kind of challenge in the south, now, we are dealing with the challenges and scenarios that we think the enemies from the north will bring. One of the scenarios could be that, like Hamas, they will try and challenge us with a variety of threats simultaneously -- which is a great challenge -- but we are developing our concepts of operation.
You look at the size of the aneurysm, if there’s a big one you’re concerned about it maybe rupturing over time, you’re worried about the shape, if there’s a lot of irregularity on the dome that means there’s a lot of pressure inside.
There's absolutely no question that climate change is playing out for before our eyes, we saw the heat dome event a few weeks ago ; we unfortunately lost a lot of Oregonians through that event. In February, we saw devastating ice storms, over a half a million people lost power last fall, as you are well aware. We've had unprecedented wildfires.
We gather today under the dome of this temple of democracy to exercise one of the most solemn powers that this body can take : The impeachment of the President of the United States, if we do not act now we would be derelict in our duty. It is tragic that the President's reckless actions make impeachment necessary. He gave us no choice.
Generally speaking, we do the walks in shallow water, the alligators are typically near deeper water. That said, occasionally we see them in the culverts or a canal near the road where we enter. Once, when I was in a very typical cypress dome with a deep hole in the center, we saw a good-size alligator who was clearly the resident of the deep hole in the center of the dome. Other times, late in the dry season, I've seen alligators left in the few patches of water that remain. We tromped by in the mud, without disturbing the alligator in the water hole.
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Translations for dome
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- قبّةArabic
- көмбәҙBashkir
- купол, кубе, сводBulgarian
- cúpulaCatalan, Valencian
- kupoleCzech
- kuppelDanish
- Kuppel, SchildGerman
- θόλοςGreek
- kupoloEsperanto
- cúpulaSpanish
- گنبدPersian
- kupoli, kupuFinnish
- dômeFrench
- kupolaHungarian
- գմբեթArmenian
- duomo, cupolaItalian
- כיפהHebrew
- 天蓋, 円屋根, 円蓋Japanese
- DomeLatin
- kubahMalay
- koepelDutch
- kuppelNorwegian
- kopułaPolish
- domoPortuguese
- колпак, купол, сводRussian
- kupolSwedish
- kubbeTurkish
- leglöpotVolapük
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