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oculus

(Latin: “eye”) In architecture, any of several elements resembling an eye, such as a round or oval window or the round opening at the top of some domes (see Pantheon). The capital of an Ionic column features an oculus in the form of a disk at the centre of each of its spiral scrolls.

oculus
1. See roundel.
2.See bull’s-eye, 2.
3. An opening at the crown of a dome.
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