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

The centrum is elongate and triangular from below; it is widest at the paradiapophyses and narrowest at the short condylar neck.

From A Revision of Snakes of the Genus Conophis (Family Colubridae, from Middle America) by Wellman, John

It read as follows: In Sneffels Yoculis craterem kem delibat umbra Scartaris Julii intra calendas descende, audas viator, et terrestre centrum attinges.

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

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

As he put it in Latin: terra igitur, quae centrum esse nequit, motu omni carere non potest.

From The Century of Columbus by Walsh, James J.