Who invented the dome?

Romans

Where did the dome originate?

Domes were built in ancient Mesopotamia, and they have been found in Persian, Hellenistic, Roman, and Chinese architecture in the ancient world, as well as among a number of indigenous building traditions throughout the world.

Why was the geodesic dome invented?

The first geodesic dome was designed after World War I by Walther Bauersfeld, chief engineer of the Carl Zeiss optical company, for a planetarium to house his planetarium projector. A larger dome, called “The Wonder of Jena”, opened to the public in July 1926.

What means Dome?

(Entry 1 of 2) 1 archaic : a stately building : mansion. 2 : a large hemispherical roof or ceiling. 3 : a natural formation or structure that resembles the dome or cupola of a building.

What is dome sexually?

(transitive, colloquial, slang) To shoot in the head. That guy just got domed! (transitive, US, African-American Vernacular, colloquial, slang) To perform fellatio on.

What is a dome used for?

Domes are one of the most familiar features in architecture, frequently used for government and religious buildings. A dome is a curved formation or structure. It is shaped like half of a sphere.

What is the opposite of a dome?

What is the opposite of dome?

contract	abridge
lessen	lower
reduce	shrink
tighten	cave in
condense	constrict

What use instead of some?

What is another word for some?

many	countless
several	multiple
myriad	considerable
copious amounts of	endless
more than a few	quite a few

What is another word for did?

completed	finished
packed it in	died out
died down	called a halt
ran down	ran its course
done	broke

What is another word for have been?

was	were
became	looked
seemed	appeared
came to be	had been
turned out to be	has been

Has been or had been?

“Had been” is used to mean that something happened in the past and has already ended. “Have been” and “has been” are used to mean that something began in the past and has lasted into the present time.

What is the meaning of has been?

a person who was famous, important, admired, or good at something in the past, but is no longer any of these: She’s a has-been TV star.

How do you use have had in one sentence?

We use have had in the present perfect when the main verb is also “have”:

I’m not feeling well. I have had a headache all day.
She has had three children in the past five years.
We have had some problems with our computer systems recently.
He has had two surgeries on his back.

Where we use have been?

Present perfect ‘have/has been ‘ is used when describing an action completed in the recent past and still assumes importance in the present. We use ‘had been’ when you describe something that happened in the past before something else in the past.

Have been working or had been working?

This is in the past perfect continuous tense. The latter means she had been working continuously with an advertising company for the past 5 years. The first does not necessarily mean her work with the advertising company was uninterrupted over the five years. (She joined our firm ten years ago.)

Has worked or worked?

“I worked” refers to the past. “I have worked” refers to the past, but the action is likely ongoing or has occurred up to the present moment. I worked in Japan for six years. = I am no longer working in Japan I have worked in Japan for six years.

Have been doing and had been doing?

Originally Answered: What’s the difference between had been doing and was doing? “Was doing” is for the simple past and “had been doing” is the past perfect and is used to contrast the simple past with a time that occurred earlier than just the simple past. For example: “To earn a living, he was currently landscaping.

Was been is correct?

The difference between “has been” and “was” is that “has been” is used in the present perfect continuous tense whereas “was” is used in the past continuous tense. They are used for two different tenses and for two different times, present and past.

What is the word never?

1 : not ever : at no time I never met her. 2 : not in any degree : not under any condition never the wiser for his experience.

What is the word were?

Meaning – Were is the past tense of the verb are. Since were means the same as the past tense of are in this sentence, it is the correct word to use. SUGGESTION: To test whether were is the correct word to use in a sentence, see if you can use are in its place, putting the sentence into the present tense.

What is the past tense of has been?

To make a past passive form of a continuous tense we use was/were + being + past participle of the verb. She has already be invited. She has already been invited. To make a passive form of the perfect tense we use have/has/had + been + past participle of the verb.

Was past simple tense?

The formula for asking a question in the simple past tense is did + [subject] + [root form of verb]. When asking a question with the verb to be, you don’t need the auxiliary did. The formula is was/were + [subject].

Is were present or past tense?

Verb Forms

Form	Verb
Infinitive	be
Past tense	was (for I / he / she / it); were (for we / you / they)
Past participle	be, been
Present participle	being

Was or were used with you?

If you want to remember easily, you can think of was/were as the past tense form of the auxiliary verbs am, is and are. Generally, “was is used for singular objects and “were” is used for plural objects. So, you will use “was” with I, he, she and it while you will use “were” with you, we and they.