oculus

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin oculus (“eye”). Doublet of occhio.

noun

  1. (architecture) A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye).
    1. The central boss of a volute.
    2. An opening at the apex of a dome.
      One can glimpse the sky through the oculus of the Pantheon in Rome.

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