Atlas

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A book or bound collection of maps, sometimes with supplementary illustrations and graphic analyses.
  • n. A volume of tables, charts, or plates that systematically illustrates a particular subject: an anatomical atlas.
  • n. A large size of drawing paper, measuring 26 × 33 or 26 × 34 inches.
  • n. Architecture A standing or kneeling figure of a man used as a supporting column, as for an entablature or balcony.
  • n. Anatomy The top or first cervical vertebra of the neck, which supports the skull.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
  • n. A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject.
  • n. A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole.
  • n. A collection of top-dimensional subspaces, called charts, each homeomorphic to Euclidean space, which comprise the entirety of a manifold, such that intersecting charts' respective homeomorphisms are compatible in a certain way.
  • n. The uppermost vertebra of the neck.
  • n. One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.
  • n. A figure of a man used as a column; telamon.
  • n. A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who sustains a great burden.
  • n. The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.
  • n. A collection of maps in a volume.
  • n. A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
  • n. A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement.
  • n. A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.
  • n. A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
  • n. A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. [capitalized] One who supports a heavy burden; a mainstay; a ‘pillar.’
  • n. [Pl. atlantes (at-lan′ -tēz).] A male human figure serving as a column or pilaster. See atlantes.
  • n. [NL.] In anatomy, the first cervical vertebra, by which the skull articulates with the spinal column: so called because it supports the head, as Atlas was fabled to uphold the sky.
  • n. A bound collection of maps.
  • n. Hence A volume of plates or tables illustrative or explanatory of some subject.
  • n. A size of writing- or drawing-paper, 26 by 33 or 34 inches.
  • n. [NL.] In entomology, a large lamellicorn beetle of the family Scarabæidæ; the atlas beetle, Chalcosoma atlas, about 3 inches long, and of a brilliant metallic-green color.
  • n. A kind of satin: a word formerly used in the Levant and in India.
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  • n. the 1st cervical vertebra
  • n. a figure of a man used as a supporting column
  • n. (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders
  • n. a collection of maps in book form
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    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cervical vertebra    neck bone    column    pillar    Titan   
    Variant
    atlas folio    paper   
     
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