- dome vault
- купольный свод
English-Russian architecture dictionary. 2015.
English-Russian architecture dictionary. 2015.
Dome — • An architectural term often used synonymously with cupola Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dome Dome † … Catholic encyclopedia
dome — ► NOUN 1) a rounded vault forming the roof of a building, typically with a circular base. 2) a sports stadium or other building with a domed roof. 3) informal the top of the head. DERIVATIVES domed adjective domical adjective. ORIGIN Italian… … English terms dictionary
dome — [n] arched part of ceiling arcade, arch, bubble, bulge, covering, cupola, mosque, roof, span, top, vault; concept 440 … New thesaurus
Vault (architecture) — A Vault (French. voute, Italian. volta, German. Gewölbe, Polish. sklepienie , Spanish. bóveda ) is an architectural term for an arched form used to provide a space with a ceiling or roof. url=http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article… … 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 — 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 — /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 — [[t]doʊm[/t]] n. v. domed, dom•ing 1) archit. a) a vault, having a circular plan and usu. 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 polygonal vault,… … From formal English to slang
vault — Synonyms and related words: Caelus, Fort Knox, Highland fling, air, anabasis, and jump, apse, arcade, arcature, arch, arched roof, archives, archway, armory, arsenal, ascend, ascension, ascent, attic, azure, bank, barrow, basement, bay, beehive… … Moby Thesaurus
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