ceiling
/sē′lĭng/
noun
  1. The upper interior surface of a room.
  2. Material used to cover this surface.
  3. Something resembling a ceiling.
    a ceiling of leaves over the arbor.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition. More at Wordnik
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Merriam-Webster
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Definition of CEILING
1 week ago - the overhead inside lining of a room; material used to ceil a wall or roof of a room; something thought of as an overhanging shelter or a lofty canopy… See the full definition
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Wikipedia
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Ceiling - Wikipedia
3 weeks ago - A ceiling is an overhead interior roof that covers the upper limits of a room. It is not generally considered a structural element, but a finished surface concealing the underside of the roof structure or the floor of a story above. Ceilings can be decorated to taste, and there are many examples ...
overhead interior surface that covers the upper limit of a room
Dropped ceiling
Ceiling of the Villa Schutzenberger from Strasbourg, France, decorated with Art Nouveau ornaments
Wooden beam ceiling
Traditional Chinese ceiling of Dayuan Renshou Temple at Taoyuan, Taiwan
A ceiling is an overhead interior roof that covers the upper limits of a room. It is not generally considered a structural element, but a finished surface concealing the underside of the … Wikipedia
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Wikipedia
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Floor and ceiling functions - Wikipedia
February 5, 2026 - In mathematics, the floor function is the function that takes as input a real number x, and gives as output the greatest integer less than or equal to x, denoted ⌊x⌋ or floor(x). Similarly, the ceiling function maps x to the least integer greater than or equal to x, denoted ⌈x⌉ or ceil(x). ...
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Cambridge Dictionary
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CEILING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
1 month ago - CEILING definition: 1. the inside surface of a room that you can see when you look above you 2. an upper limit, usually…. Learn more.
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9Wood
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The 8 Different Types of Ceilings - 9Wood
A pricier option than conventional options, coffered ceilings require installation by specialists who are familiar with this variety. -- Check out an example at: Texas State University – Alkek Library, Wittliff Collections — San Marcos, TX · Recognizable by its grid of inverted panels that are accentuated by molding, commercial wood coffered ceilings are typically designed to work with standard T-Bar suspension grids – helping to streamline the installation process.
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Dictionary.com
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CEILING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
CEILING definition: the overhead interior surface of a room. See examples of ceiling used in a sentence.
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Mathematics LibreTexts
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1.4: The Floor and Ceiling of a Real Number - Mathematics LibreTexts
August 17, 2021 - From now on we mostly concentrate on the floor \(\lfloor x \rfloor\). For a more detailed treatment of both the floor and ceiling see the book Concrete Mathematics [5]. According to the definition of \(\lfloor x \rfloor\) we have \[\label{eq:1}\lfloor x\rfloor =\max\{n\in\mathbb{Z}\mid n\leq\}\] Note also that if \(n\) is an integer we have: \[\label{eq:2}n=\lfloor x\rfloor \Longleftrightarrow n\leq x<n+1.\] From this it is clear that \[{\mbox{$ \lfloor x \rfloor $}} \le x \mbox{ holds for all $x$},\nonumber\] and \[{\mbox{$ \lfloor x \rfloor $}} = x \Longleftrightarrow x \in \mathbb{Z}.\nonumber\] We need the following lemma to prove our next theorem.
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Britannica
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Ceiling | Types, Materials & Installation | Britannica
February 6, 2026 - Ceiling, the overhead surface or surfaces covering a room, and the underside of a floor or a roof. Ceilings are often used to hide floor and roof construction. They have been favourite places for decoration from the earliest times: either by ...
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Microsoft Support
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CEILING function - Microsoft Support
Returns number rounded up, away from zero, to the nearest multiple of significance. For example, if you want to avoid using pennies in your prices and your product is priced at $4.42, use the formula =CEILING(4.42,0.05) to round prices up to the nearest nickel.
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Math is Fun
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Floor and Ceiling Functions
The floor and ceiling functions give us the nearest integer up or down. The Floor of 2.31 is 2 The Ceiling of 2.31 is 3.
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Interior Options
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12 Popular Types of Office Ceilings - Interior Options
November 6, 2024 - The suspended ceiling, also known as a drop ceiling or bulkhead ceiling, is one of the most common office ceilings we install. It consists of a grid framework of metal channels or T-bars that suspend ceiling tiles or panels beneath the structural ceiling.
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BYJUS
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Ceiling Function Definition
June 7, 2022 - Ceiling function is a function in which the smallest successive integer is returned. In other words, the ceiling function of a real number x is the least integer that is greater than or equal to the given number x.
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Adobe
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Ceiling
May 30, 2024 - <h3>Ceiling Example</h3> <cfoutput> <p>The ceiling of 3.4 is #ceiling(3.4)#</p> <p>The ceiling of 3 is #ceiling(3)#</p> <p>The ceiling of 3.8 is #ceiling(3.8)#</p> <p>The ceiling of -4.2 is #ceiling(-4.2)#</p> </cfoutput> Sign in · New user? Create an account › ·
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Wiktionary
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ceiling - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English celing ... + -ing (gerund-forming suffix). By surface analysis, ceil +‎ -ing. ... The overhead closure of a room....
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Merriam-Webster
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CEILING Synonyms: 47 Similar Words | Merriam-Webster Thesaurus
3 weeks ago - as in roof a raised covering over something for decoration or protection we sat around the campfire under a ceiling of stars
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Encyclopedia Britannica
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Ceiling Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
CEILING meaning: 1 : the inside surface at the top of a room sometimes used figuratively; 2 : an upper limit usually singular
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Brilliant
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Ceiling Function | Brilliant Math & Science Wiki
The ceiling function (also known as the least integer function) of a real number \(x,\) denoted \(\lceil x\rceil,\) is defined as the smallest integer that is not smaller than \(x.\)
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Math Celebrity
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Ceiling Calculator
July 4, 2007 - The ceiling of a number x [x] is denoted as the next highest integer after x