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n. A lecture theatre
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A lecture hall (or lecture theatre) is a large room used for instruction, typically at a college or university. Unlike a traditional classroom with a capacity normally between one and fifty, the capacity of lecture halls is typically measured in the hundreds. Lecture halls almost always have a pitched floor, so that those in the rear are sat higher than those at the front (i.e., tiered seating), allowing them to see the lecturer. The importance of lecture halls is so significant that some schools of architecture have offered courses exclusively centered on their design. The noted Boston architect Earl Flansburgh wrote numerous articles focusing on achieving efficacious lecture hall design.
Lecture halls differ from other types of learning spaces, seminar rooms in particular, in that they allow for little versatility in use, although they are no less flexible than, for example, chemistry laboratories. Experimentation, group work, and other contemporary educational methods are not practicable in a lecture hall. On the other hand, lecture halls are excellent for focusing the attention of a large group on a single point, either an instructor or an audio-visual presentation, and modern lecture halls often feature audio-visual equipment. A microphone and loudspeakers are common to help the lecturer be heard, and projection screens may be used for large displays. The acoustic properties of lecture halls have been the subject of numerous international studies, some even antedating the use of electronic amplification.
Usage examples of "lecture hall".
It's the finest lecture hall on the planet, as good as you'll find in any college back on Terra!
THE flight from the lecture hall to her home was not a happy one for Fredda.
He ran through the corridors of the Arts and Sciences Building and stopped in front of the door to his lecture hall, composing himself and listening to Glenn Darby's voice explain about Sayles's absence.
Almost the first person I saw was Kevin O'Connell, who stood outside the door of the lecture hall busily scribbling in his pocketbook.
I walked into the lecture hall with my head down, studying my notes.
A handful of them were going back to their posts, but most headed toward the lecture hall on the north side of the square.
She silently longed for the old familiar lecture hall and its abstractions.
She wished she had written smaller, wished Jonas had updated his hardware in the last two years and gone for speed, even wished she had rallied her students on that long-ago afternoon in the lecture hall and let them throw Glen out the doors.
I believe you have strayed into Aristotle, and this is not the lecture hall.
Monique looked around the empty lecture hall as if seeking a place to hide.