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Cavity vs Calotte - What's the difference?

cavity | calotte |

As nouns the difference between cavity and calotte

is that cavity is a hole or hollow depression while calotte is a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests.

cavity

English

Noun

(cavities)
  • A hole or hollow depression.
  • A hollow area within the body (such as the sinuses).
  • (dentistry) A soft area in a decayed tooth.

    • Synonyms

    * See also * (dentistry)

    Derived terms

    * buccal cavity * cavity back * cavity batten * cavity coupling * cavity fill * cavity filter * cavity impedence * cavity magnetron * cavity oscillator * cavity radiator * cavity resonance * cavity tray * cavity tuning * cavity vent * cavity wall * oral cavity

    Related terms

    * cave * concave * excavate * excavation * excavator

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    calotte

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • a skullcap worn by Roman Catholic priests
  • (archaic) The vertical central area of the crown of a bird's head.
  • (architecture) A round cavity or depression, in the form of a cup or cap, lathed and plastered; used to diminish the rise or elevation of a moderate chapel, alcove, etc. which would otherwise be too high for other pieces of the apartment.
  • (anatomy) The upper (superior) or lower (inferior) half of the globe of the eye.

    • Synonyms

    * (skullcap) zucchetto

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