All 7 Uses of
atrium
in
Allegiant
- I reach the end of one hallway and find myself in an atrium, surrounded by the smell of wet earth.†
p. 139.2
- I find myself in the atrium garden again, and this time, light glows behind the windows.†
p. 332.7
- Cara jogs into the atrium, her hair askew and floating over her forehead.†
p. 332.8
- Tobias takes me to the atrium near the hotel dormitory, and we spend some time there, talking and kissing and pointing out the strangest plants.†
p. 430.5
- I stand on the higher step in the atrium and he stands on the lower one, so we're on the same plane.†
p. 431.3 *
- He kisses me again, softly, and then leaves the atrium.†
p. 432.9
- Most of the time I can tell when people are lying, and this must be a lie, because Tris is still alive, her eyes bright and her cheeks flushed and her small body full of power and strength, standing in a shaft of light in the atrium.†
p. 490.1
Definitions:
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(1)
(atrium as in: atrium of the building) a large public room leading to other rooms--often skylit and containing plants and/or water features
or in ancient architecture:
a roofless area of a building--such as the center of a Roman house or an entry courtyard surrounded by roofed columns in an ancient Christian church -
(2)
(atrium as in: right atrium of the heart) chamber from which blood enters the heart
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much less commonly, atrium can refer to anatomical structures other than the heart.