domical

[doh-mi-kuhl, dom-i-]

dom·i·cal

[doh-mi-kuhl, dom-i-]
adjective
2.
having a dome.
Also, dom·ic.


Origin:
1840–50; dome + -ical

dom·i·cal·ly, adverb
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Domical is always a great word to know.
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a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
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dome (dəʊm)
 
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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