Atlas
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Definition
(noun.) a figure of a man used as a supporting column.
(noun.) the 1st cervical vertebra.
(noun.) a collection of maps in book form.
(noun.) (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders.
Editor: Maureen--From WordNet
Definition
(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; as, an historical atlas.
(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.
Typed by Lena
Definition
n. a kind of silk-satin manufactured in the East.
n. that piece of the human vertebral column which articulates with the skull so called because it supports the head: a collection of maps.
Inputed by Joanna
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream you are looking at an atlas, denotes that you will carefully study interests before making changes or journeys.
Typist: Melba
Examples
- The same observer has recently found great moraines at a low level on the Atlas range in North Africa. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- But the atlas and political history of a time do not show what is being made, but what has been made, and what is still going on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Close at hand are two encyclop?dias, a dictionary, an atlas of the world, a biographical dictionary, and other books of reference. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You have not courage to confront the sleepless dragon; you have not craft to borrow the aid of Atlas. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
Checker: Velma