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WorksheetsVDA - Dome
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A vaulted structure having a circular plan and usually the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions
Dome
Oculus
Pendentive
Squinch
A circular opening, esp. one at the crown of a dome
Lunette
Oculus
Pendentive
Squinch
An area in the plane of a wall framed by an arch or vault, containing a window, painting, or sculpture
Lunette
Oculus
Pendentive
Squinch
A spherical triangle forming the transition from the circular plan of a dome to the polygonal plan of its supporting structure
Lunette
Oculus
Pendentive
Squinch
An arch or corbeling built acrosd the upper inside corner of a square tower to support the side of a superimposed octagonal structure
Lunette
Oculus
Pendentive
Squinch
A dome built with steel or timber trusses arranged in a radial manner and connected by polygonal rings at various heights
Radial dome
Schwedler dome
Lattice dome
Geodesic dome
A steel dome structure having members that follow the lines of latitude and longitude, and a third set of diagonals completing the triangulation
Radial dome
Schwedler dome
Lattice dome
Geodesic dome
A steel dome structure having members that follow the lines of latitude, and two sets of diagonals replacing the lines of longitude and forming a series of isosceles triangles
Radial dome
Schwedler dome
Lattice dome
Geodesic dome
A steel dome having members that follow three principal sets of great circles intersecting at 60°, subdividing to the dome surface into a series of equilateral spherical triangles
Radial dome
Schwedler dome
Lattice dome
Geodesic dome
A superstructure crowning a roof or dome and having open or windowed walls to let in light and air
Lantern
Cupola
Tambour
A light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere
Lucarne
Cupola
Tambour
The vertical part of a cupola
Lantern
Interdome
Tambour
The space between the inner and outer shells of a dome
Interdome
Lucarne
Whispering gallery
A dormer window in a roof or spire
Interdome
Lucarne
Whispering gallery
A space or gallery beneath a dome or vault in which low sounds produced at any of certain points are clearly audible at certain other distant points
Interdome
Lucarne
Whispering gallery
A cylindrical or faceted construction, often pierced with windows, supporting a dome
Drum
Tholobate
Bandage
Cul-de-four
The substructure supporting a dome or cupola
Drum
Tholobate
Bandage
Cul-de-four
A strap, ring, or chain placed around a structure to secure and gold its parts together, as around the springing of a dome
Drum
Tholobate
Bandage
Cul-de-four
A semidome or quarter-sphere vault, such as one over an apse or niche
Drum
Tholobate
Bandage
Cul-de-four
Half a dome formed by a vertical section, such as one over a semicircular apse
Semidome
Pendentive dome
A spherical dome formed by removing four segments so that it merges with its pendentives and sits on a square plan
Semidome
Pendentive dome
