whispering dome

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whispering dome - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whispering \Whis"per*ing\,
     a. & n. from Whisper. v. t.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Whispering gallery, or Whispering dome, one of such a
        form that sounds produced in certain parts of it are
        concentrated by reflection from the walls to another part,
        so that whispers or feeble sounds are audible at a much
        greater distance than under ordinary circumstances. The
        dome of the U. S. capitol building is one example.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

whispering dome - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  whispering dome
      n 1: a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at
           certain points are clearly audible at certain distant
           points [syn: whispering gallery, whispering dome]