Calotte
Calotte stands for:
- a section of a sphere or other body, see spherical cap
- the semi-dome-shaped vault of an apse, see apse dome
- a design for a loudspeaker, see dome loudspeaker
- a hollow form driven from sheet metal, see dome
- a shaped piece at the end of distributors and tanks, see dished bottom
- a design of a vault, the flat dome, see dome
- the roof of the human skull, see skullcap
- the head part of a hat (above the brim), see hat
- the north of Scandinavia, see north cap
- the representation of an atom in the model of a molecule, see space-filling model
- the upper third of the tunnel excavation, see tunnel construction
- the canopy of the paraglider
- the round peaked cap worn by the clergy, the Soli Deo or Pileolus
- a student cap , see calotte
- various porpoise pigeons with calottes , including:
- Bialostocka calotte , breed of pigeons
- French calotte , breed of pigeons
- Hamburger Kalotte , breed of pigeons
- Dutch calotte , breed of pigeons
- Polish calotte , breed of pigeons
- Russian calottes , a group of several races and strokes
See also:
- Kalottisten , French society of fools
Wiktionary: Kalotte - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
