Atlas
Atlas
Definition
At·las (at′ləs)
noun
- Gr. Myth. a Titan compelled to support the heavens on his shoulders
- any person who carries a great burden
- a book of maps: Atlas supporting the earth was often pictured on the front page of such books
- a book of tables, charts, illustrations, etc. on a specific subject or subjects an anatomical atlas
- Anat. the topmost vertebra of the neck
- Archit. atlantes
Etymology: L < Gr < prothetic a- + tlan, bearing < IE base *tel-, *tla-, to lift, bear > tolerate, thole
atlas
Synonyms
Atlas
Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- biosphere: It also provides list of publications, data and models, atlas of the biosphere and links to journals and various organizations.
- anatomy: Human Science An online atlas of human anatomy for clinical imaging diagnosis.
- mortality: Reports include key statistics on health and atlas of mortality.
Converse of object
- bind: For the rest of the 1950s, Regent sold a single spiral bound atlas of Great Britain at 10 miles to the inch.
- illustrate: It provides over 48,000 images derived from Current Medicine's series of illustrated atlases.
- compile: MapMate then compiles the Atlas and asks you to wait while the Atlas is being generated.
- publish: Plates from world atlases published by Scots ( eg.
Adjective modifier
- Provisional: A Provisional Atlas of the True Bugs of Warwickshire.
- anatomical: Several such anatomical atlases have been developed [ 19 ] , but these tend to be developed from as little as one subject brain.
- celestial: Out of This World: The Golden Age of the Celestial Atlas.
- provisional: Updated Maps The deadline for records included in the provisional atlas was the end of 2000.
- hardback: However it has sold lubricants, and in 1984 produced a hardback atlas for use by its German subsidiary.
- historical: The Historical Atlas of New York City takes.. .
Modifies a noun
- mountain: We go to bed with the snowcapped Atlas mountains visible through our balcony window, all memories of London stress forgotten.
Noun used with modifier
- softback: Esso appears to have abandoned sheet maps, but did issue a special value softback atlas in 2000.
- plankton: Appendix in A plankton atlas of the north Atlantic and North Sea.
- breeding: The two BTO breeding bird atlases indicated that a 29 % contraction in range occurred in Britain between the late 1960s and early 1990s.
- road: Map Map of Sicily, Italy [ Based on AA Europe road atlas, 1997 ] .
- street: Local street atlases may be more useful in built-up areas.
- brain: The brain atlas can be shown either alongside the patients own scan or overlaid on top.
atlas Quotes
On my tenth birthday a bicycle and an atlas coincided as presents and a few days later I decided to cycle to India.
The discumbered Atlas of the state.
Swear by what the sages spoke Round the Mareotic Lake That the Witch of Atlas knew, Spoke and set the cocks a-crow.
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