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  2. Saturation dome - Wikipedia

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    A saturation dome uses the projection of a P–v–T diagram (pressure, specific volume, and temperature) onto the P–v plane. The points that create the left-hand side of the dome represent the saturated liquid states, while the points on the right-hand side represent the saturated vapor states (commonly referred to as the “dry” region).

  3. Cupola - Wikipedia

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    In architecture, a cupola (/ ˈ k (j) uː p ə l ə /) [1] is a relatively small, usually dome-like structure on top of a building [2] often crowning a larger roof or dome. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Cupolas often serve as a roof lantern to admit light and air or as a lookout.

  4. Empirical evidence for the spherical shape of Earth - Wikipedia

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    In theory, a person standing on the surface with eyes 1.8 metres (5 ft 11 in) above the ground can see the ground up to about 4.79 kilometres (2.98 mi) away, but a person at the top of the Eiffel Tower at 273 metres (896 ft) can see the ground up to about 58.98 kilometres (36.65 mi) away.

  5. Dome - Wikipedia

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    A dome (from Latin domus) is an architectural element similar to the hollow upper half of a sphere. There is significant overlap with the term cupola, which may also refer to a dome or a structure on top of a dome. The precise definition of a dome has been a matter of controversy and there are a wide variety of forms and specialized terms to ...

  6. Ellipsoidal dome - Wikipedia

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    Ellipsoidal dome of Dhyanalinga. An ellipsoidal dome is a dome (also see geodesic dome), which has a bottom cross-section which is a circle, but has a cupola whose curve is an ellipse. [1] There are two types of ellipsoidal domes: prolate ellipsoidal domes and oblate ellipsoidal domes. A prolate ellipsoidal dome is derived by rotating an ...

  7. Glacier morphology - Wikipedia

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    They are dome-shaped and, like ice caps, exhibit radial flow. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] As ice sheets expand over the ocean, they become ice shelves . [ 6 ] Ice sheets contain 99% of all the freshwater ice found on Earth, and form as layers of snowfall accumulate and slowly start to compact into ice. [ 5 ]

  8. Maxwell construction - Wikipedia

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    The discontinuity in , and other properties, e.g. internal energy, , and entropy,, of the substance, is called a first order phase transition. [12] [13] In order to specify the unique experimentally observed pressure, (), at which it occurs another thermodynamic condition is required, for from Fig.1 it could clearly occur for any pressure in the range .

  9. Salt dome - Wikipedia

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    A salt dome is a type of structural dome formed when salt (or other evaporite minerals) intrudes into overlying rocks in a process known as diapirism. Salt domes can have unique surface and subsurface structures, and they can be discovered using techniques such as seismic reflection .