CALOTTE - 2 reference results
Calotte may refer to:
- Calotte, in 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, 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. It is also in use among students at Belgian catholic universities as a student cap
- Calotte or space-filling model used in molecule modelling
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