domical
Rounded on top
Domical means shaped like a dome—rounded and convex on top.
The term appears in architecture describing domical vaults, ceilings, or structures that rise in a curved form: The building featured a domical roof over the central hall.
Less commonly, it describes anything dome-shaped: domical rock formations.
Small rooftop dome
- rotundaCircular domed chamber
- basilicaColonnaded church with apse
- cathedralBishop's principal church
- mosqueIslamic house of worship
mausoleum · pantheon · pavilion · oculus · lantern · squinch · drum · finial
cupola
Small rooftop dome
mosque · mausoleum · pantheon · pavilion · oculus · lantern · squinch · drum · finial · Byzantine
hemispherical
Half of a sphere
rounded · semicircular · geodesic · parabolic · elliptical · arched · bulbous · swelling · curvature · apex
vault
Secure storage chamber
cloister · corbelled · coffered · keystone · spandrel · springing · centering · thrust · abutment · barrel