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
Imagination cannot travel in these bounds, for his centre is everywhere, and his circumference nowhere, as an old philosopher speaks of God Deus est, cujus centrum est ubique, circumferentia nusquam.
From The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning by Binning, Hugh
The two inner pairs of processes coalesce round the chorda, and later form the centrum; the upper outer pair meet above the spinal column; the lower outer pair form ribs.
From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
Then Centotheca lappacea, Deeringia, Panicum centrum, Gouania, Caryophyllus, which last occurs on all the chain of Himalayas, and which I have seen as high as 6,000 feet in the Mishmee Mountains, latitude 28°.
From Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries by Griffith, William
Hence the chief point of contrast noted on examining a transverse frontal section through the cerebral hemisphere of a man and an ape consists in the mass of the centrum ovale of Vieussens.
From Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results by Talbot, Eugene S.
Yellen, speaking a week after the Fed delayed a long-anticipated rate hike, said she and other Fed policymakers do not expect recent global economic and financial market developments to significantly affect the centra bank's policy.
From Reuters ● Sep. 24, 2015
Vertebral centra of Megatooth sharks are known in addition to teeth, but that’s it, and – unsurprisingly – there has been much tendency to over-estimate the size of this giant.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 6, 2013
The centra of the cervical and dorsal vertebrae have peculiar, S-shaped articular surfaces, and they interlock tightly.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 3, 2012
The notochord persists between the centra in the dog-fish and rabbit, within the centra in frog.
From Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)
These were essentially identical with the centra of the four vertebræ of Oken.
From Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work by Mitchell, P. Chalmers (Peter Chalmers)
