For Atrium we have terms and definitions in 8 topics. The topics are Architecture, Biology, Construction, Cruises, Gardening, Respiratory Disorders, Roman Achitecture and Roman Architecture.

Atrium (Architecture)

In the Roman period this was the inner courtyard of a house, left open to the sky, and generally built by the affluent urbam classes. In the 20th century the word has been adopted to describe dramatic enclosed glass-roofed indoor spaces associated with high-rise hotels and office buildings that are treated as substitutes for the public realm.

Atrium (Biology)

A thin-walled receiving chamber in which blood accumulates in fishes.

Atrium (Construction)

An open court within a building.

Atrium (Cruises)

An interior, often sky-lit, multi-deck, open area of a ship. Typically, atriums are centrally near elevators, shops, restaurants, cafes, and guest services. Shipboard atriums can extend anywhere from two to ten decks or more.

Atrium (Gardening)

A structure that provides lots of above light for plants. Commercial buildings often have their foyer as an atrium. Many homes have built in atriums.

Atrium (Respiratory Disorders)

One of the two receiving chambers of the heart.

Atrium (Roman Achitecture)

Atrium In an ancient Roman house, the central courtyard. Today, an atrium may be covered with glass rather than open to the sky.

Atrium (Roman Architecture)

The main room of a Roman house out of which one had access to other parts of the house (see alae). There were many types including ones that were completely roofed (testudinate), ones with openings to the sky (compluvium), which had, underneath the openings in the house floor, as small rectangular depression to catch rainwater (impluvium).

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