Domal

dome  (dm)

n.

1.

a. A vaulted roof having a circular, polygonal, or elliptical base and a generally hemispherical or semispherical shape.

b. A geodesic dome.

2. A domelike structure, object, or natural formation.

3. Chemistry A form of crystal with two similarly inclined faces that meet at an edge parallel to the horizontal axis.

4. Slang The human head.

5. Archaic A large, stately building.

v. domed, dom·ing, domes

v.tr.

1. To cover with or as if with a dome.

2. To shape like a dome.

v.intr.

To rise or swell into the shape of a dome.

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[From French dôme, dome, cathedral (from Italian duomo, cathedral, from Latin domus, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots) and from French dôme, roof (from Provençal doma, from Greek dma, house; see dem- in Indo-European roots).]

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domal (dml) adj.