dome : Idioms & Phrases
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dome-shaped
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adjective satellite having the shape of a dome
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geodesic dome
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noun a lightweight dome constructed of interlocking polygons; invented by R. Buckminster Fuller
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observation dome
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noun lookout consisting of a dome-shaped observatory
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onion dome
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noun a dome that is shaped like a bulb; characteristic of Russian and Byzantine church architecture
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pressure dome
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noun a dome-shaped building that is pressurized
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radar dome
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noun a housing for a radar antenna; transparent to radio waves
radome.
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Steam dome
(Steam Boilers) , a chamber upon the top of the boiler, from which steam is conduced to the engine. See Illust. of Steam boiler, above.
Webster 1913
teapot dome
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noun a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
Teapot Dome.
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teapot dome scandal
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noun a government scandal involving a former United States Navy oil reserve in Wyoming that was secretly leased to a private oil company in 1921; became symbolic of the scandals of the Harding administration
Teapot Dome.
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whispering dome
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noun a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points
whispering gallery.
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Whispering gallery , ∨ Whispering dome
- one of such a form that sounds produced in certain parts of it are concentrated by reflection from the walls to another part, so that whispers or feeble sounds are audible at a much greater distance than under ordinary circumstances.
