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

"Vocatur etiam cyfra, quasi circumfacta vel circumferenda, quod idem est, quod circulus non habito respectu ad centrum."

From The Hindu-Arabic Numerals by Karpinski, Louis Charles

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

It was conceived in the following terms:      In Sneffels Joculis craterem quem delibat      Umbra Scartaris Julii intra calendas descende,      Audax viator, et terrestre centrum attinges.

From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Verne, Jules

Now of these bones, the basioccipital is in every way equivalent to a vertebral centrum, for it develops in the basilar plate round the notochord.

From Form and Function A Contribution to the History of Animal Morphology by E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell