atrium

IPA: ˈeɪtriʌm

(architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
(architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
(anatomy) A cavity, entrance, or passage.
(biology) Any enclosed body cavity or chamber.
(anatomy) An upper chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it into a ventricle. In higher vertebrates, the right atrium receives blood from the superior vena cava and inferior vena cava, and the left atrium receives blood from the left and right pulmonary veins.
(anatomy) A microscopic air sac within a pulmonary alveolus.
(palynology) A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

Examples of "atrium" in Sentences

My cardio says that the atrium is responsible for that.
The atrium is so charming, it can make it hard to concentrate on the more recent works hosted by the museum.
She realizes that her head, craned out over the atrium, is the farthest point of her body from his, which is appropriate.
Across the atrium from the monastery stands the grand baroque church of the Virgin of Solitude, and beside it, the old hospital chapel, dated 1619.
These are an 88m long “painting” titled “Parade” for the staff cafeteria, and a “sculpture” set into the floor of the building’s main atrium titled “One World”.
It gives an organic rather than geometrical perspective to what might otherwise be a disorienting feature of the building: the gently sloping floor of the main atrium space.
Surrounding the atrium is a series of Activity-Based Working (ABW) zones designed to house 100 employees each. digg this digg this email this email this tweet this tweet this facebook this facebook this
It’s slightly more sinister that the central atrium is known as ‘the marketplace’, and another set of windows carries a bizarre alphabetical list of financial trading terms like ‘hedge fund’ and ‘vulture capital’, as if to be uncritically learned by rote.