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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SEMIDOME

SEMIDOME Sem "i *dome `, n. (Arch. )

 

Defn: A roof or ceiling covering a semicircular room or recess, or one of nearly that shape, as the apse of a church, a niche, or the like. It is approximately the quarter of a hollow sphere.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

semidome

sem i dome |ˈsemēˌdōm, ˌsemˌī -ˈsɛmidoʊm | ▶noun Architecture a half-dome formed by vertical section.