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What is an oculus?

What is an oculus? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (architecture) A window or other opening that has an oval or circular shape (as of an eye).
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A large oculus brings a cylinder of light down into the main library, bathing the interior in a softly luminous glow.
The light entering through the oculus at the top floods the space with hypnotic patterns of light and shadow.
The sun streams in through the open oculus, tracing a circular disk across the walls and floor, creating a walk-in solar observatory.
The major interior space, the Potomac rotunda, balloons under a domed ceiling with an oculus, reaching a height of 120 feet.
At the centre of the dome is an oculus, a circular hole, which is the only source of light.
This hidden Eden continues to baffle geologists with its oculus of volcanic stone.

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