domical

[ doh-mi-kuhl, dom-i- ]

adjective

1. domelike.
2. having a dome.

Other Words From

• dom·i·cal·ly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of domical¹

First recorded in 1840–50; dome + -ical

Example Sentences

The vaults are all slightly domical in section; the diagonal ribs generally semi-circular, as also are the wall-ribs.

From Project Gutenberg

In both cases the vaulting is very domical, and the joints of the stone filling-in of the cells are vertical.

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The vault sections of the side aisles, however, remained domical, as originally built.

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The French term bomb is more exact than such expressions as domical and domed.

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Three huge so-called domical vaults, truly Gothic in construction, span the sixty-foot unaisled nave of St. Maurice.

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Related Words

• bulbous
• curled
• curved
• cylindrical
• elliptical
• oval
• rounded
• spherical