cupola

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Once the cupola is attached to one of the module's six ports, it will offer astronauts a spectacular view of both their home planet and their home in space.

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  1. noun Architecture A vaulted roof or ceiling.
  2. noun Architecture A small dome set on a circular or polygonal base or resting on pillars.
  3. noun Architecture A domelike structure surmounting a roof or dome, often used as a lookout or to admit light and air.

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  • Once the cupola is attached to one of the module's six ports, it will offer astronauts a spectacular view of both their home planet and their home in space. —  Thunder Pig
  • In the cupola is a cross and at the four angles are set the symbols of the four Evangelists, glorious heraldic figures Above the door we see Christ the Good Shepherd, youthful, classic in form and repose, very noble and Roman, seated on a rock in a broken hilly landscape, a cross in His left hand, caressing His sheep with His right. —  Ravenna, a Study
  • This has glittered up there for 450 years, but previously the cupola was adorned by the —  From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People
  • In the centre of the cupola is the Dove, enthroned in the —  Stones of Venice [introductions]
  • Between each of the piers which support the octagonal clerestory at the base of the cupola is an apsidal recess, with three arches on the ground floor opening into the encircling aisle, and three upper arches opening into the gallery above the aisle. —  The Ground Plan of the English Parish Church
 

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  1. Italian, from Late Latin cūpula, diminutive of Latin cūpa, tub.

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  1. = French coupole = Sp.cúpula = Portuguese cupula, cupola = Dutch koepel = G. Danish kuppel = Swedish kupol, from Italian cupola, a dome, from Late Latin cupula, diminutive of Latin cupa, a tub, cask, Middle Latin cupa, Italian coppa, etc., a cup: see cup.
 

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/ˈkjupələ/
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