Meaning & use
Oculus
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A round window or opening, especially one at the top of a dome, or more broadly an eye-shaped design element in architecture.
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Sunlight streamed through the oculus at the top of the Pantheon's dome.
The chapel's stone facade features a small oculus above the main door.
A note on using this word
Latin for 'eye,' the term is used in architecture for a round opening and appears in various eye-related scientific and anatomical terms.
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