domical
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dome (dəʊm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a hemispherical roof or vault or a structure of similar form |
| 2. | something shaped like this |
| 3. | crystallog a crystal form in which two planes intersect along an edge parallel to a lateral axis |
| 4. | a slang word for the head |
| 5. | geology |
| a. a structure in which rock layers slope away in all directions from a central point | |
| b. another name for pericline | |
| —vb | |
| 6. | to cover with or as if with a dome |
| 7. | to shape like a dome |
| [C16: from French, from Italian duomo cathedral, from Latin domus house] | |
| 'domelike | |
| —adj | |
| domical | |
| —adj | |
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Domical
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
Example sentences
Low radial dips occur locally where lava flows overlapped older domical silicic flows, which formed topographic mounds.
Dome mountain-a mountain resulting from domical upfold in the bedded rocks.
The roof line is further broken by an octagonal cupola covered by a domical roof.
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