Atrium vs. Lobby

Atriumnoun

(architecture) A central room or space in ancient Roman homes, open to the sky in the middle; a similar space in other buildings.

Lobbynoun

An entryway or reception area; vestibule; passageway; corridor.

‘I had to wait in the lobby for hours before seeing the doctor.’;

Atriumnoun

(architecture) A square hall lit by daylight from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

Lobbynoun

That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly.

Atriumnoun

(anatomy) A cavity, entrance, or passage.

‘an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs’;

Lobbynoun

A class or group of people who try to influence public officials; collectively, lobbyists.

‘The influence of the tobacco lobby has decreased considerably in the US.’;

Atriumnoun

(anatomy) One of two upper chambers of the heart.

Lobbynoun

(video games) A virtual area where players can chat and find opponents for a game.

Atriumnoun

(biology) Any enclosed sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain.

Lobbynoun

(nautical) An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

Atriumnoun

A square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels.

Lobbynoun

A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges, trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.

Atriumnoun

The main part of either auricle of the heart as distinct from the auricular appendix. Also, the whole articular portion of the heart.

Lobbynoun

A margin along either side of the playing field in the sport of kabaddi.

Atriumnoun

A cavity in ascidians into which the intestine and generative ducts open, and which also receives the water from the gills. See Ascidioidea.

Lobbyverb

To attempt to influence (a public official or decision-maker) in favor of a specific opinion or cause.

‘For years, pro-life groups have continued to lobby hard for restrictions on abortion.’;

Atriumnoun

A cavity, entrance, or passage; as, the atrium, or atrial cavity, in the body wall of the amphioxus; an atrium of the infundibula of the lungs, etc.

Lobbynoun

A passage or hall of communication, especially when large enough to serve also as a waiting room. It differs from an antechamber in that a lobby communicates between several rooms, an antechamber to one only; but this distinction is not carefully preserved.

Atriumnoun

any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart)

Lobbynoun

That part of a hall of legislation not appropriated to the official use of the assembly; hence, the persons, collectively, who frequent such a place to transact business with the legislators;

Atriumnoun

the central area in a building; open to the sky

Lobbynoun

An apartment or passageway in the fore part of an old-fashioned cabin under the quarter-deck.

Atriumnoun

an open-roofed entrance hall or central court in an ancient Roman house.

Lobbynoun

A confined place for cattle, formed by hedges. trees, or other fencing, near the farmyard.

Atriumnoun

a central hall in a modern building, typically rising through several stories and having a glazed roof.

Lobbyverb

To address or solicit members of a legislative body in the lobby or elsewhere, with the purpose to influence their votes; in an extended sense, to try to influence decision-makers in any circumstance.

Atriumnoun

the forecourt of a large church built on the basilican plan.

Lobbyverb

To urge the adoption or passage of by soliciting members of a legislative body; as, to lobby a bill; - also used with the legislators as object; as, to lobby the state legislatuire for protection.

Atriumnoun

each of the two upper cavities of the heart from which blood is passed to the ventricles. The right atrium receives deoxygenated blood from the veins of the body, the left atrium oxygenated blood from the pulmonary vein.

Lobbynoun

a large entrance or reception room or area

Lobbynoun

a group of people who try actively to influence legislation

Lobbyverb

detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of; as for political or economic favors