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centrum

[sen-truhm] / ˈsɛn trəm /




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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

The true centrum phonicum, or just distance, is one particular spot in the King's-field, in the path to Nore-hill, on the very brink of the steep balk above the hollow cart way.

From The Natural History of Selborne by Gilbert White

The arch above and the centrum below inclose the neural canal.

From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Frederic Lucas

The basisphenoid appears in the basilar plate, but in front of the notochord, nor does it arise in exactly the same way as the centrum of a vertebra.

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

The true centrum phonicum, or just distance, is one particular spot in the king’s field, in the path to Nore Hill, on the very brink of the steep balk above the hollow cart-way. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Henry Morley

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

He found that the vertebral centra were first formed as rings in the chorda-sheath, which give off neural and hæmal processes.

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

Injuries to the centra were very frequent, but differed extraordinarily in their importance.

From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by George Henry Makins


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