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Cupola
Meaning
Noun
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In Architecture & Architectural elements:
A dome-shaped
ornamental
structure
located
on top of
a
larger
roof
or dome.
●
In Military:
A small
turret
, usually on a
hatch
of an
armoured
fighting
vehicle.
●
In Geology:
An upward-projecting
mass
of
plutonic
rock
extending
from a
larger
batholith.
●
In Geometry:
A
solid
formed
by
joining
two
polygons
, one (the
base
) with
twice
as many
edges
as the other, by an
alternating
band
of
isosceles triangles
and rectangles.
●
A type of
furnace
used for smelting.
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In Anatomy:
A
small cap
over a structure that is
shaped
like a
dome
or
inverted
cup.
●
In Canadian English:
a small
viewing
window
in the
top
of the
caboose
for
looking over
the
train
, or the part of the
caboose
where one
looks through
this
window
.
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Origin
cupola
English
cupola
Italian
Sourced from
Etym
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