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vistadome

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vis⋅ta⋅dome

  [vis-tuh-dohm] Railroads.
Use vistadome in a Sentence
–noun
1. dome (def. 7).
–adjective
2. having a vistadome or having cars with vistadomes: a vistadome train.
Origin:
1945; vista + dome

dome

  [dohm] noun, verb, domed, dom⋅ing.
–noun
1. Architecture.
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 polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
2. any covering thought to resemble the hemispherical vault of a building or room: the great dome of the sky.
3. anything shaped like a hemisphere or inverted bowl.
4. (in a dam) a semidome having its convex surface toward the impounded water.
5. Crystallography. a form having planes that intersect the vertical axis and are parallel to one of the lateral axes.
6. Geology. upwarp.
7. Also called vistadome. Railroads. a raised, glass-enclosed section of the roof of a passenger car, placed over an elevated section of seats to afford passengers a full view of scenery.
8. Horology. an inner cover for the works of a watch, which snaps into the rim of the case.
9. a mountain peak having a rounded summit.
10. Slang. a person's head: I wish I could get the idea into that thick dome of yours.
–verb (used with object)
11. to cover with or as if with a dome.
12. to shape like a dome.
–verb (used without object)
13. to rise or swell as a dome.
Origin:
1505–15; < MF dome < It duomo < ML domus (Deī) house (of God), church; akin to timber

Related forms:
domelike, adjective
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Slang Dictionary
dome

  1. n.
    the head, especially if bald. : I need a new hat for my shiny dome.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

dome 
"round, vaulted roof," 1656, from Fr. dome, from Prov. doma, from Gk. doma "house, housetop" (especially a style of roof from the east), related to domos "house" (see domestic). In the Middle Ages, Ger. dom and It. duomo were used for "cathedral" (on the notion of "God's house"), so Eng. began to use this word in the sense "cupola," an architectural feature characteristic of It. cathedrals. Used in U.S. also with ref. to round summits of mountains.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

dome

In technical analysis, a chart formation indicating a market top and characterized by an upside-down U-shaped pattern. A dome is an example of a reversal pattern. Also called inverted saucer, rounded top.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: dome
Pronunciation: 'dOm
Function: noun
: a rounded-arch element in the wave tracing in an electroencephalogram domepattern characteristic of petit mal>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Science Dictionary
dome   (dōm)  Pronunciation Key 

  1. A circular or elliptical area of uplifted rock in which the rock dips gently away, in all directions, from a central point.

  2. A wedge-shaped mineral crystal that has two nonparallel, similarly inclined faces that intersect along a plane of symmetry.


The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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