The meaning of ATRIUM is the central room of a Roman house. Did you know?

ATRIUM definition: 1. a very large room, often with glass walls or roof, especially in the middle of a large shop or…. Learn more.

ATRIUM meaning: 1. a very large room, often with glass walls or roof, especially in the middle of a large shop or…. Learn more.

Architecture A rectangular court, as: a. A usually skylit central area, often containing plants, in some modern buildings, especially of a public or commercial nature. b. The open area in the center of an ancient Roman house. c. The forecourt of a building, such as an early Christian church, enclosed on three or four sides with porticoes. 2.

ATRIUM definition: the open main court of a Roman house | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples

ATRIUM meaning: 1 : an open area inside a tall building that has windows to let light in from above; 2 : one of two sections of the heart that take in blood from the veins

Definition of atrium noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a large high space, usually with a glass roof, in the centre of a modern building. The reception was held in the atrium. an open space in the centre of an ancient Roman villa (= a large house)

A chamber of the heart that receives blood from the veins and forces it by muscular contraction into a ventricle. Mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have two atria; fish have one. …

a chamber affording entrance, especially the upper chamber (a´trium cor´dis) on either side of the heart, transmitting to the ventricle of the same side blood received from the pulmonary veins (left atrium) and from the venae cavae (right atrium).

If you're in the atrium of a building, you're in a large central space, often one that's open and airy. You might arrange to meet a friend in the museum's atrium because of its central location and open feel. Often a key feature in a modern building, an atrium is usually spacious and several stories high with windows facing the sky.