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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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]


The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]