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atlas
1[ at-luhs ]
noun
- 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.
Atlas
2[ at-luhs ]
noun
- 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.
Atlas
1/ ˈætləs /
noun
- 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
atlas
2/ ˈætləs /
noun
- a collection of maps, usually in book form
- a book of charts, graphs, etc, illustrating aspects of a subject
an anatomical atlas
- anatomy the first cervical vertebra, attached to and supporting the skull in man Compare axis 1
- atlantes architect another name for telamon
- a standard size of drawing paper, 26 × 17 inches
Atlas
1- 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.
atlas
2- A bound collection of maps. Atlases are named after the Greek god Atlas .
Notes
Word History and Origins
Origin of atlas1
Word History and Origins
Origin of atlas1
Example Sentences
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.
Think 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.
Sanson's Atlas: a very large atlas by a French geographer in use in Swift's time.
Once, during the recreation hour, he was turning over the pages of his atlas.
We have been searching the atlas, and it seems difficult to fill the bill.
When he addresses himself to battle against the guardian angels, he stands like Teneriffe or Atlas; his stature reaches the sky.
The mighty Atlas would never sustain it upon his broad shoulders if it did nobody good.
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