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doge
(Venetian Italian: "duke") Highest official of the republic of Venice in the 8th-18th cent. The office originated when the city was nominally subject to the Byzantine empire and became permanent in the 8th cent. The doge was chosen from among the ruling families of Venice and held office for life. He held extensive power, as evidenced by the rule of E. Dandolo (r.1192-1205), though from the 12th cent. the aristocracy placed limits on the doge's authority. Under Francesco Foscari (r.1423-57), Venice undertook the first conquests of the Italian mainland. The last doge was deposed when Napoleon conquered N Italy in 1797.
Dogen
Japanese Buddhist who introduced Soto Zen to Japan from China. Orphaned at 7, he became a monk at 13. He studied in China under the Zen master Rujing 1223-27, and also studied with Eisai. He returned to Japan and taught Zen meditation, spending his last years at Eihei Temple, which he founded.
dome
In architecture, a hemispherical structure evolved from the arch, forming a ceiling or roof. Domes first appeared on round huts and tombs in the ancient Middle East, India, and the Mediterranean in forms, such as solid mounds, adaptable only to the smallest buildings. The Romans introduced the large-scale masonry hemisphere. A dome exerts thrust all around its perimeter, and the earliest monumental examples (see Pantheon) required heavy supporting walls. Byzantine architects invented a technique for raising domes on piers, making the transition from a cubic base to the hemisphere by four pendentives. Bulbous or pointed domes were widely used in Islamic architecture. The design spread to Russia, where it gained great popularity in the form of the onion dome, a pointed, domelike roof structure. The modern geodesic dome, developed by B. Fuller, is fabricated of lightweight triangular framing that distributes stresses within the structure itself.
Donen
U.S. film director and choreographer. Born in Columbia, S.C., he began his career in the stage chorus of Pal Joey (1940), where he met G. Kelly. He and Kelly choreographed Best Foot Forward (1941; film, 1943) and other musicals, and the two codirected On the Town (1949) and the acclaimed Singin' in the Rain (1952). He later directed and produced such films as Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954), The Pajama Game (1957), Funny Face (1957), Damn Yankees (1958), Charade (1963), and Two for the Road (1967).
dopa
Organic chemical (L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine) from which the body makes dopamine, a neurotransmitter deficient in persons with parkinsonism. Large daily doses of dopa can lessen the effects of the disease. However, it becomes less effective over time and causes abnormal involuntary movements (dyskinesia).
dove
Any of certain birds of the pigeon family (Columbidae). The names pigeon and dove are often used interchangeably. Though "dove" usually refers to the ...
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