atrium

(Englisch)

1. A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
2. A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
3. A cavity, entrance, or passage.
4. Any enclosed body cavity or chamber.
5. 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.
6. A microscopic air sac within a pulmonary alveolus.
7. 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.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈeɪ.tɹi.əm/

Etymologie (Englisch)

From Latin ātrium (“entry hall”), from Etruscan.

Konzepte

Atrium

Vorhof

Vorhalle

Vorkammer

Herzvorkammer

Synonyme

vestibule

hall

auricle

hallway

lobby

open

portico

room

ventricle

part of the heart

chamber of the heart

chamber

foyer

Übersetzungen

atrium

átrio

atrio

atrio

atri

atrium

atrium

aurícula

oreillette

vestìbolo

κόλπος

αίθριο

aurícula cardiaca

aurícula

atriyum

Sätze

The south lobby was restructured with a new entryway and dramatic atrium .

Die South Lobby wurde mit einem neuen Eingang und einem dramatischen Atrium umstrukturiert.