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at·las
I. \ˈatləs\ noun
(-es ; see sense 4)
Etymology: after Atlas, a Titan of Greek mythology often represented as bearing the heavens on his shoulders, from Latin Atlant-, Atlas, from Greek
1. usually capitalized : one who bears a heavy burden : chief supporter : mainstay
2. [from New Latin Atlas, title of a cartographical work (published in 1595) by Gerhardus Mercator (Gerhard Kremer) died 1594 Flemish geographer; probably from the fact that the title pages of cartographical works of this period often had a representation of Atlas bearing the heavens]
a. : a bound collection of maps
< a glance at the atlas showed that the city is near the coast >
b. : a bound collection of tables, charts, or plates illustrating any subject
< an atlas of peripheral nerve injuries >
< a chromosome atlas >
< an atlas of climatic charts >
3. [New Latin, from Greek, after Atlas, the Titan] : the first cervical vertebra articulating immediately with the skull and thus sustaining the globe of the head
4. plural usually at·lan·tes \ətˈlan(ˌ)tēz, atˈ-, -aan-\ [Greek, after Atlas, the Titan] : a figure or half figure of a man used as a column to support an entablature — called also telamon; compare caryatid
 [atlas 4]
II. noun
(-es)
Etymology: Arabic aṭlas
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