Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
cupule .
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Examples
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They could name the cupula 'The Colbert Room' and the module 'Serenity' and everything else would work out just fine.
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The hair cell needed the gel-like capsule - called the cupula - to overcome these challenges.
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The node, the module, the cupula, the life support systems and the toilet, this is the best thing that ever happened to NASA, and they're going to screw it up if they don't get together with his staff and work it out.
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If they were really smart they would fly him up there for a live show in the cupula.
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“As alcohol dilutes blood in the cupula, the cupula becomes less dense and rises,” says Dr. Schaffer.
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He painted the yellow moonlight, the reddish cupula on the barn, the deep blue of the sky, and the orange color on the shadow side of the house.
Archive 2008-01-01 James Gurney 2008
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Mea culpa photoshop wise, or shoulkd that be mea cupula?
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The part of your ear responsible for balance — the cupula — floats in a fluid of the same density as blood.
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Castanea occurs about half way up, it is that species with rigid compound spines to the cupula.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Two species of Castaneae occur in these woods, one with very stout thorns to its cupula, and not eatable fruit; the other has long slender prickles, and its fruit about the size of an acorn, is eatable, and not at all disagreeable.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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