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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

玻璃穹顶

Native Script:中文汉字

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bōli qióngdǐng

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Glass-cupola/ˈɡlæs ˈkjuː.pə.lə/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"阳光透过玻璃穹顶洒满整个大厅。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A spherical or rounded roof structure made largely of glass, designed to admit natural light into a building.

    "The grand reading room was illuminated by sunlight pouring through the central glass-cupola."
  2. 2

    A transparent domed observation turret, often found on modern architectural structures or specialized vehicles.

    "Passengers enjoyed a panoramic view of the night sky from the observation lounge's glass-cupola."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'glass', derived from Proto-Germanic *glasą (referring to a transparent, lustrous substance), and 'cupola', borrowed from Italian cupola, ultimately from Late Latin cupula (a small vault or dome). Historically emerging in 19th-century architectural terminology, it describes vaulted structural roofs made primarily of glass panels designed to illuminate interior spaces.

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