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 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 Morley, Henry

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

In the trunk vertebrae the opisthocoelous character of the centrum gradually diminishes.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 6 "Home, Daniel" to "Hortensius, Quintus" by Various

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

From A Guide for the Study of Animals by Lucas, Frederic