Atlantis
[ət'læntis]
Definition
(noun.) according to legend, an island in the Atlantic Ocean that Plato said was swallowed by an earthquake.
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Examples
- But it has little or no charm of style, and falls very far short of the 'New Atlantis' of Bacon, and still more of the 'Utopia' of Sir Thomas More. Plato. The Republic.
- His greatest service to science was a fantastic book, _The New Atlantis_. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Murray