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atlas
(ætləs)
Word forms: plural atlases
countable noun
An atlas is a book of maps.
atlas in British English
(ˈætləs)
noun
1.
a collection of maps, usually in book form
2.
a book of charts, graphs, etc, illustrating aspects of a subject
an anatomical atlas
3. anatomy
the first cervical vertebra, attached to and supporting the skull in humans
Compare axis14. Word forms: plural atlantes architecture another name for telamon
5.
a standard size of drawing paper, 26 × 17 inches
Word origin
C16: via Latin from Greek; first applied to maps, from depictions of Atlas supportingthe heavens in 16th-century collections of mapsAtlas in British English
(ˈætləs)
noun
1. Greek mythology
a Titan compelled to support the sky on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
2.
a US intercontinental ballistic missile, also used in launching spacecraft
3. astronomy
a small satellite of Saturn, discovered in 1980
Atlas in American English
(ˈætləs)
noun
1. Greek Mythology
a Titan compelled to support the heavens on his shoulders
2.
any person who carries a great burden
3. [a-]
a.
a book of maps: Atlas supporting the earth was often pictured on the front page of such books
b.
a book of tables, charts, illustrations, etc. on a specific subject or subjects
an anatomical atlas
4. [a-]; Anatomy
the topmost vertebra of the neck
5. Architecture
atlantes
Word origin
L < Gr < prothetic a- + tlan, bearing < IE base *tel-, *tla-, to lift, bear > tolerate, thole2Image ofatlas
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Characters in classical mythologyIn other languagesatlas
British English: atlas /ˈætləs/ NOUN
An atlas is a book of maps.
- American English: atlas
- Arabic: أَطْلَس
- Brazilian Portuguese: atlas
- Chinese: 地图集
- Croatian: atlas
- Czech: atlas
- Danish: atlas
- Dutch: atlas boek
- European Spanish: atlas
- Finnish: kartasto
- French: atlas
- German: Atlas
- Greek: άτλας
- Italian: atlante
- Japanese: 地図帳
- Korean: 지도책
- Norwegian: atlas
- Polish: atlas
- European Portuguese: atlas
- Romanian: atlas
- Russian: атлас
- Latin American Spanish: atlas
- Swedish: atlas
- Thai: สมุดแผนที่
- Turkish: atlas
- Ukrainian: атлас
- Vietnamese: tập bản đồ
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Chinese translation of 'atlas'
atlas
(ˈætləs)
n (c)
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地图(圖)册(冊)
(dìtúcè) (本, běn)