atlas
a bound collection of maps.
a bound volume of charts, plates, or tables illustrating any subject.
Anatomy. the first cervical vertebra, which supports the head.
a size of drawing or writing paper, 26 × 34 or 33 inches.
Also called telamon. Architecture. a sculptural figure of a man used as a column.
Origin of atlas
1- Compare caryatid.
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Other definitions for Atlas (2 of 2)
Classical Mythology. a Titan, son of Iapetus and brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus, condemned to support the sky on his shoulders: identified by the ancients with the Atlas Mountains.
a person who supports a heavy burden; a mainstay.
Charles Angelo Siciliano, 1894–1972, U.S. body-building advocate, born in Italy.
a liquid-propellant booster rocket, originally developed as the first U.S. ICBM, used with Agena or Centaur upper stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets; also used to launch the Mercury spacecraft into orbit around the earth.
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How to use atlas in a sentence
We camped there over the weekend as we took part in the Pacific Northwest Bumblebee atlas survey.
We Crush, Poison, and Destroy Insects at Our Own Peril - Issue 95: Escape | John Hainze | January 20, 2021 | NautilusThe atlas buddies are later joined by the dog-like Spot bot, and the ostrich-like Handle robot, which was designed to help out in a warehouse setting.
The Boston Dynamics robots are surprisingly good dancers | Stan Horaczek | December 31, 2020 | Popular-ScienceCustomers can use Stripe’s credit card fraud detection service, or its atlas product to form a company in Delaware.
Stripe wants to be a $100 billion one-stop shop for small business | John Detrixhe | December 24, 2020 | QuartzAI also helped build the most dynamic brain atlas to date, a “living map” that can continuously incorporate new data and capture individual differences.
2020 in Neuroscience, Longevity, and AI—and What’s to Come | Shelly Fan | December 22, 2020 | Singularity HubSince then, more than 55,000 Americans have died of the virus atlas advocated letting spread.
The new tidal wave of coronavirus deaths has arrived | Philip Bump | December 10, 2020 | Washington Post
He would navigate from the cockpit using a road atlas—while snorting cocaine off the map.
Think of the difference between a satellite image and a road atlas.
The Delta IV can carry a larger payload into low earth orbit than the atlas V, 60,779 lbs.
Why Does the USA Depend on Russian Rockets to Get Us Into Space? | P. J. O’Rourke | June 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThink of the sky chart, the song map, the winter count, and the cloud atlas.
“The lair of the laser loves all of you,” he tells a visiting atlas Obscura tour group.
New York’s Hologram King Is Also the City’s Last Pro Holographer | Nina Strochlic | May 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSanson's atlas: a very large atlas by a French geographer in use in Swift's time.
Gulliver's Travels | Jonathan SwiftOnce, during the recreation hour, he was turning over the pages of his atlas.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyWe have been searching the atlas, and it seems difficult to fill the bill.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis StevensonWhen he addresses himself to battle against the guardian angels, he stands like Teneriffe or atlas; his stature reaches the sky.
English: Composition and Literature | W. F. (William Franklin) WebsterThe mighty atlas would never sustain it upon his broad shoulders if it did nobody good.
The Inhumanity of Socialism | Edward F. Adams
British Dictionary definitions for atlas (1 of 2)
/ (ˈætləs) /
a collection of maps, usually in book form
a book of charts, graphs, etc, illustrating aspects of a subject: an anatomical atlas
Origin of atlas
1British Dictionary definitions for Atlas (2 of 2)
/ (ˈætləs) /
Greek myth a Titan compelled to support the sky on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
a US intercontinental ballistic missile, also used in launching spacecraft
astronomy a small satellite of Saturn, discovered in 1980
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for atlas (1 of 2)
A bound collection of maps. Atlases are named after the Greek god Atlas.
In classical mythology, a Titan famous for his strength. After the defeat of the Titans by Zeus, Atlas was condemned to support the Earth and sky on his shoulders for eternity.
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