Definitions

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  • noun video games A sphere or hemisphere with a texture on its inner face, used to simulate the sky or similar backdrop around a three-dimensional playfield.

Etymologies

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sky +‎ dome

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Examples

  • A couple weeks ago I made a video of my current desktop, with a panorama from one of the Mars Rovers as the "skydome" when I rotate the desktop cube between the workspaces.

    ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science 2008

  • I'll be there right after Ted Roger's 75th birthday party @ skydome tonight!

    Want to play? LuLu 2008

  • Out of the tunnel into a cavern so vast that its arching roof was like a skydome far above his head.

    Storm Over Warlock Andre Norton 1958

  • Yacht Club with 99 spacious suites, a bar, solarium, 2 hydro-massage pools, 1 skydome swimming pool, a reserved observation lounge with bar, Concierge and a Observation Lounge at the front where glass windows will enable guests to make the most of the amazing views.

    ETravelBlackboard.com 2010

  • When I was playing around with my compiz settings, seeing how much my integrated laptop graphics card with open drivers could take (flames on the screen, rain, translucent desktop cube with animated skydome, custom cube cap, gears and 3d windows with still only minor slowdown!)

    Ubuntu Forums 2010

  • But the rest of the Felipe 500 is available in New Zealand - the pearl white paintwork, the brown cloth interior, the electric skydome sunroof and chrome trim pack are all options on the

    NZ On Screen 2010

  • It works perfectly for the skydome picture for my desktop cube.

    GNOME-Look.org Content 2009

  • ActivCoventry Big big ice hockey game tonight at the skydome arena Coventry.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • ActivCoventry Big big ice hockey game tonight at the skydome arena Coventry.

    Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009

  • It works perfectly for the skydome picture for my desktop cube.

    GNOME-Look.org Content 2009

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