oculus

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Viewing from the central oculus, the Chadwicks used the surrounding diorama to immerse themselves in the physical atmosphere of their favorite landscapists-Hobbema, Ruisdael, Van Goyen, Van der Neer, Van Ostade, and many of the lesser shipwreck artists.

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  1. noun Architecture An eyelike opening or ornament, especially:
  2. noun A round window.
  3. noun A circular opening at the apex of a dome.

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  • Over the Pantheon and the 26-foot-diameter oculus. —  David Macaulay's Rome Antics
  • Stopping just long enough on the 26-foot-diameter oculus of the Pantheon to catch our breath. —  David Macaulay's Rome Antics
  • Above us, a round skylight like the oculus of a Byzantine church admitted long tapers of sunlight. —  The Historian
  • Circular motifs play and important role in the design, especially the outside structure, which funnels up 12 stories towards a glass oculus roof. —  INHABITAT
  • The system uses natural convection to cool air as it rises up through floor vents and out through openings in the oculus. —  INHABITAT
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  1. Medieval Latin, from Latin, eye; see okw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Latin, the eye: see ocular.
 

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/ˈɑkjuləs/
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