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The word dome has a number of meanings. Most commonly, it is a structural element in architecture that resembles the hollow upper half of a sphere.
[edit] Architecture
[edit] Instances of architectural domes
- Dome of Discovery, a temporary building designed by architect Ralph Tubbs for the Festival of Britain
- Dome of the Rock, a notable religious shrine in Jerusalem
- Fukuoka Dome, a baseball field located in Fukuoka, Japan
- Georgia Dome, a domed stadium in Atlanta, Georgia
- Gold Dome, a major landmark in Oklahoma City, United States
- Millennium Dome, a large dome-shaped building in London, United Kingdom
- Osaka Dome, a stadium in Osaka, Japan
- RCA Dome, a domed stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana
- Sapporo Dome, a stadium in Sapporo, Japan
- St. Michael's Golden-Domed Monastery in Kiev, Ukraine
- Tacoma Dome, an indoor arena in Washington, United States
- Telstra Dome, a stadium in Melbourne, Australia
- Tokyo Dome, a stadium in Tokyo, Japan
- USF Sun Dome, an entertainment/sports facility on the campus of the University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States
- The Dome disambiguates venues informally known as "The Dome"
- The Golden Dome, a landmark on the International Zone in Baghdad, Iraq
- Louisiana Superdome, a stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome, a stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Alamodome, a stadium in San Antonio, Texas, United States
- Rogers Centre a stadium in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
[edit] Geology
- Dome (geology), a deformational feature consisting of symmetrically-dipping anticlines
- Granite dome, a dome of granite, formed by exfoliation
- Lava dome, a mound-shaped growth resulting from the eruption of high-silica lava from a volcano
- Lunar dome, a type of shield volcano found on the surface of the Earth's moon
- Resurgent dome, a volcanic dome that is swelling or rising due to movement in the magma chamber
- Salt dome, formed when a thick bed of evaporite minerals (mainly salt, or halite) found at depth intrudes vertically into surrounding rock strata
[edit] Instances of geological domes
- See Category:Granite domes
- Clingmans Dome, the highest point both in the state of Tennessee and along the Appalachian Trail, United States
- Ruby Dome, the highest peak of the Ruby Mountains and Elko County, located in the northeast portion of the state of Nevada, United States
- Upheaval Dome, an impact crater in Canyonlands National Park, Utah, United States
[edit] Geography
[edit] Mathematics
- Dome (mathematics), a closed geometrical surface which can be obtained by sectioning off a portion of a sphere with an intersecting plane
[edit] People
- Dome (coffeehouse), a chain of café restaurants based in Perth, Australia
- Dome (constructor), a Japanese-based racing car constructor
- The Dome (periodical), a fiction periodical of the Victorian era
- Le Dôme, a garagiste wine label of French winery Château Teyssier
- Le Dôme Café, historical Paris intellectual venue
- Dome car, a type of railway passenger car
- Dome/GWCC/Philips Arena/CNN Center (MARTA station), a passenger rail station in Atlanta, Georgia named after the Georgia Dome
- D.O.M.E., a Digital Omnidirectional Multimedia Environment
- Teapot Dome scandal, Wyoming, United States
- Dome, a slang term to refer to Fellatio
- Steam dome, a steam locomotive component generally called a dome
