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noun

IPA: /ˈkjuːpələ/

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The correct spelling is cupola. A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome. For example: "the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule"

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the posterior cupola of the cartilaginous nasal capsule

Definition

noun

  1. 1.A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
  2. 2.A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
  3. 3.An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
  4. 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. 5.A type of furnace used for smelting.

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