A dome, especially a small dome on a circular or polygonal base crowning a roof or turret Usually only decorative in modern homes Older cupolas can be reached by stairs
A polyhedron constructed as follows Start with an n/d-gon (the top, which may or may not be retrograde), and place a 2n/d-gon in a parallel plane (the bottom) Here d must be odd Squares attach from the edges of the top to alternate edges of the bottom The other bottom edges connect to triangles which fill the gaps between the squares and touch a top vertex The plural form is cupolae
A hemispherical cap or roof for a cylindrical form more simply described as a dome Unlike a true dome which is derived by rotating the stone arch 360 degrees around its vertical axis, a cupola may use a steel or wood dome shaped, armature covered with a metal such as copper or some other material (Hartt)
jelly-like covering of the sensory hairs in the ampullae of the semicircular canals This responds to movement in the surrounding fluid and assists in maintaining balance
A cupola is a roof or part of a roof that is shaped like a dome. = dome. a round structure on the top of a building, that is shaped like an upside down bowl (from cupa; CUP)
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Etymology
[ 'kyü-p&-l&, &divi ] (noun.) 1549. Italian, from Latin cupula, diminutive of cupa tub.