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Atrium

noun

(pl. atria)

Any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart).

The central area in a building; open to the sky.

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left atrium of the heart

oblique vein of the left atrium

right atrium

right atrium of the heart

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"Atrium" Quotes from Famous Books

... the Navicella in the atrium of St. Peter's, Rome, was originally made by Giotto. It has been much restored and altered, but some of the original design undoubtedly remains. Giotto went to Rome to undertake this work in 1298; but the present mosaic is largely the restoration of ...

— Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages • Julia De Wolf Addison

... those of any city now in existence. The stores, indeed, were wretched little dens. Two or three of them commonly occupied the front of a house on either side of the entrance, the ostium; but when the door lay open, as was usually the case, a passerby could look into the atrium, prettily decorated and hung with rich stuffs. The sunshine entered through an aperture in the roof, and shone on the waters of the impluvium, the mosaic floor, the altar of the household gods and the flowers ...

— The San Francisco Calamity • Various

... the winter air which she had been avoiding, she pushed the heavy draperies aside and hurried into the atrium. Through an opening in the roof a breath from December blew refreshingly, seeming almost to ruffle the hair of the little marble Pan who played his pipes by the rim of the basin sunk in the centre of the ...

— Roads from Rome • Anne C. E. Allinson

Words linked to "Atrium" : court, chamber, atrial, courtyard