atrium
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• noun
A large open-air or skylight-covered central court or hall inside a modern building, often extending through several stories.
"Sunlight poured through the glass roof into the five-story atrium of the university library."
Either of the two upper chambers of the heart that receive blood from the veins and pump it into the ventricles.
"Oxygen-rich blood returning from the lungs enters the left atrium before passing into the left ventricle."
The central reception hall of an ancient Roman house, typically open to the sky in the middle and containing a basin to catch rainwater.
"Archaeologists uncovered intricate floor mosaics in the atrium of the preserved Roman villa."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from Latin atrium, denoting the central main room of an ancient Roman house. It is possibly of Etruscan origin or derived from Latin ater ('black'), referring to the roof blackened by smoke from the open hearth.