Calotte
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Calotte may refer to:
- Calotte (architecture), a round cavity or depression in architecture, in the form of a cup or cap, lathed and plastered; used to diminish the rise or elevation of a moderate chapel, cabinet, alcove, etc., which, without such an expedient, would be too high for other pieces of the apartment. It takes its name from:
- Calotte or zucchetto, a plain skull cap, specifically those worn by ecclesiastics
- Calotte (Belgium), use among students at Belgian catholic universities as a student cap
- Calotte or space-filling model used in molecule modelling
- Calotte (anatomy), the term used in anatomy to refer to the upper (superior) and lower (inferior) halves of the globe of the eye
- Calotte (anatomy), the term may also refer to the most superior and thickest portion of the skull, which may persist as a bony remnant of the skull for the longest time
This article incorporates content from the 1728 Cyclopaedia, a publication in the public domain.
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