cupola

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
2. A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
3. An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
4. 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.
6. A small cap over a structure that is shaped like a dome or inverted cup.
7. a small viewing window in the top of the caboose for looking over the train, or the part of the caboose where one looks through this window.

Konzepte

Kuppel

Kuppeldach

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Kuppelgewölbe

Synonyme

dome

vault

cupola furnace

iron-melting furnace

canopy

roof

skullcap

spire

summit

thatch

top

🔝

tower

tumulus

vaulting

yarmulke

vaulted roof

high-furnace

furnace cupola

sky dome

kupola

arch

kippah

big top

blast-furnace

calotte

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈkjuːpələ/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Borrowed from Italian cupola, from Latin cūpula (“little tub”); from Latin cūpa, cuppa (“cup”); named for its resemblance to a cup turned over.