centrum
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We want a waiting area called a “centrum,” which is a place “where comfort and convenience meet,” and we want an eatery by Wolfgang Puck in the center of the centrum.
From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2021
It read as follows: In Sneffels Yoculis craterem kem delibat umbra Scartaris Julii intra calendas descende, audas viator, et terrestre centrum attinges.
From A Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Verne, Jules
More clearly still, Bonaventura, Itin. ment. ad Deum, 5: "Totum intra omnia, et totum extra: ac per hoc est sphæra intelligibilis, cuius centrum est ubique, et circumferentia nusquam."
From Christian Mysticism by Inge, William Ralph
The centrum is elongate and triangular from below; it is widest at the paradiapophyses and narrowest at the short condylar neck.
From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John
It is in the outer sheath that the vertebræ develop—from four separate pieces, in fish at least, plus an additional element which helps to form the centrum.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell