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As nouns the difference between atria and concourse

is that atria is plural of atrium: A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings. while concourse is a large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal.

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atria

English

Noun

(head)

    • Anagrams

    * * * * * ----
    Source: Wiktionary

    atrium

    English

    (wikipedia atrium)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.
  • (architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.
  • (anatomy) Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.
  • * {{quote-book, 1965, Janet Kircher Warter, Palynology of a Lignite of Lower Eocene (Wilcox) Age from Kemper County citation
    • , passage=Nexine 0.5? thick, separating from the sexine about 5? from the pore and forming a deep, well-defined atrium .}}

    Synonyms

    * (room in Roman homes) cavaedium

    Derived terms

    * atrial * atriate English nouns with irregular plurals ----

    concourse

    Synonyms & related words for concourse

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia concourse) (en noun)
  • A large open space in or in front of a building where people can gather, particularly one joining various paths, as in a rail station or airport terminal.
  • A large group of people; a crowd.
  • * , The Publisher to the Reader
    • About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives retired, yet in good esteem among his neighbours.
  • * Prescott
    • Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade.
  • The running or flowing together of things; the meeting of things; confluence.
  • * 1662 - Thomas Salusbury (translator), Galileo's Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief Systems of the World , First Day:
    • ... there was only wanting the concourse of rains ...
  • * Sir M. Hale
    • The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter.
  • * Sir Isaac Newton
    • The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses.
  • An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.
  • (obsolete) concurrence; cooperation
  • * Barrow
    • The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding.

    Usage notes

    In sense "open space", particularly used of indoor spaces, by contrast with (m), (m), (m), etc. However, may be used for outdoor spaces as well, primarily high-traffic areas in front of a building.

    Coordinate terms

    * (open space) (l), (l)
    Source: Wiktionary
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