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Dome

DOME, n. [Gr., a house, a plain roof. L.] 1. A building; a house; a fabric; used in poetry. 2. A cathedral. 3. In architecture, a spherical roof, raised over the middle of a building; a cupola. 4. In chemistry...

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DOME, n. [Gr., a house, a plain roof. L.]

1. A building; a house; a fabric; used in poetry.

2. A cathedral.

3. In architecture, a spherical roof, raised over the middle of a building; a cupola.

4. In chemistry, the upper part of a furnace, resembling a hollow hemisphere or small dome. This form serves to reflect or reverberate a part of the flame; hence these furnaces are called reverberating furnaces.

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