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dome (s) (noun), domes (pl)
1. A mansion or stately building: The archaic term dome refers to an imposing edifice with a rounded vault forming the roof, typically with a circular base.
2. Etymology: from Latin domus, "house"; from Greek doma, "housetop, house, temple".
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geodesic dome (s) (noun), geodesic domes (pl)
A spherical or partial-spherical shell structure or lattice shell based on a network of great circles (geodesics) positioned on the surface of a sphere: A geodesic dome is a strong prefabricated enclosure constructed of lightweight bars forming a grid of polygons, with no internal supports.

A geodesic dome is energy efficient because it requires less building material and has less surface area, because heat loss due to wind turbulence is decreased, and because its shape minimizes air leakage.

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