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 Definitions of Atlas  [ˈæt ləs]  

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Definition of 'Atlas' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) atlas
a bound collection of maps.

2.  atlas
a bound volume of charts, plates, or tables illustrating any subject.

3.  atlas
the first cervical vertebra, which supports the head.

4. (n.) Atlas
a Titan, condemned by Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders.

5.  Atlas
a person who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.


Definition of 'Atlas' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) Atlas
(Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders

2. (noun) atlas, book of maps, map collection
a collection of maps in book form

3. (noun) atlas, atlas vertebra
the 1st cervical vertebra

4. (noun) atlas, telamon
a figure of a man used as a supporting column


Definition of 'Atlas' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) atlas
a book of maps


Definition of 'Atlas' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) Atlas
one who sustains a great burden

2. (noun) Atlas
the first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name

3. (noun) Atlas
a collection of maps in a volume

4. (noun) Atlas
a volume of plates illustrating any subject

5. (noun) Atlas
a work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas

6. (noun) Atlas
a large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio

7. (noun) Atlas
a drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n

8. (noun) Atlas
a rich kind of satin manufactured in India


Translation of 'Atlas' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a book of maps
My atlas is out of date.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: atlas Arabic flag Arabic: أطْلَس Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: атлас
Brazilian flag Brazilian: atlas Czech flag Czech: atlas German flag German: der Atlas
Danish flag Danish: atlas Greek flag Greek: γεωγραφικός άτ��ας Spanish flag Spanish: atlas
Estonian flag Estonian: atlas Farsi flag Farsi: اطلس Finnish flag Finnish: karttakirja
French flag French: atlas Hebrew flag Hebrew: אַטלָס Hindi flag Hindi: मानचित्रावली
Croatian flag Croatian: atlas Hungarian flag Hungarian: atlasz Indonesian flag Indonesian: buku peta, atlas
Icelandic flag Icelandic: atlas, landakortabók Italian flag Italian: atlante Japanese flag Japanese: 地図帳
Korean flag Korean: 지도책 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: atlasas Latvian flag Latvian: atlants
Malay flag Malay: buku peta Dutch flag Dutch: atlas Norwegian flag Norwegian: atlas
Polish flag Polish: atlas Persian flag Persian: اطلس Pashto flag Pashto: اطلس
Portuguese flag Portuguese: atlas Romanian flag Romanian: atlas Russian flag Russian: атлас
Slovak flag Slovak: atlas Slovenian flag Slovenian: atlas Serbian flag Serbian: atlas
Swedish flag Swedish: atlas Thai flag Thai: หนังสือแผนที่ Turkish flag Turkish: atlas
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 地圖集 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: атлас Urdu flag Urdu: دنیا ککا نقشہ
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sách bản đồ Chinese flag Chinese: 地图册

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