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.
Inputed by Errol--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 Laverne
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.
Typist: Nelda
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: Tito
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.
Edited by Leopold