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Webster 1913 Edition


Cupola

Cu′po-la

(k?′p?-l?)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Cupolas
(-l[GREEK]z)
.
[It.
cupola
, LL.
cupula
,
cuppula
(cf. L.
cupula
little tub). fr.
cupa
,
cuppa
, cup; cf. L.
cupa
tub. So called on account of its resemblance to a cup turned over. See
Cup
, and cf.
Cupule
.]
1.
(Arch.)
A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called
dome
.
2.
A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.
3.
A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, – used chiefly in foundries and steel works.
4.
A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.
5.
(Anat.)
The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.

Webster 1828 Edition


Cupola

CUPOLA

,
Noun.
In architecture, a spherical vault on the top of an edifice; a dome, or the round top of a dome.

Definition 2024


cupola

cupola

English

A cupola atop Cardiff's city hall
Basic cupola furnace

Noun

cupola (plural cupolas or cupolae)

  1. (architecture) A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
    • 1886, Robert Louis Stephenson, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde:
      the light falling dimly through the foggy cupola.
  2. (military) A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
  3. (geology) An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
  4. (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.
  5. A type of furnace used for smelting.
    • 2008, Matthew Stein, When Technology Fails, ISBN 1603580956:
      The cupola has a small cylindrical chimney-like bore that is lined with a refractory material.
    • 2009, S.K. Garg, Comprehensive Workshop Technology, ISBN 8170086353, page 260:
      Cast iron produced in a cupola possesses the following advantages : The cost of melting is low. The control of chemical composition is better. Temperature control is easier. Molten metals can be tapped from the cupola at regular intervals.
  6. (anatomy) A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.
    the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule
    • 1937, Sir Gavin De Beer, The Development of the Vertebrate Skull, page 180:
      From each anterior cupola there projects forwards the processus prenasalis lateralis inferior.
    • 2015, Charles E. Smith, Trauma Anesthesia, ISBN 110703826X, page 85:
      The cupola of the lung is mostly medial and posterior to the vein as it begins to course deeper into the thorax (Fig. 5.7).

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  • (etymology) cupola in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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Italian

Noun

cupola f (plural cupole)

  1. dome
  2. cupola

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