What is the meaning of Atlas?

A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.

A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject.

A detailed visual conspectus of something of great and multi-faceted complexity, with its elements splayed so as to be presented in as discrete a manner as possible whilst retaining a realistic view of the whole.

A family of coordinate charts that cover a manifold.

The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.

One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.

A figure of a man used as a column.

A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.

A rich satin fabric.

an atlas; a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text

the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas)

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atlas (bound or digital collection of maps)

atlas (top vertebra)

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atlas:

  1. a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
  2. the uppermost vertebra of the neck.

a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.

the uppermost vertebra of the neck.

a rich satin fabric.

atlas (bound collection of maps; uppermost vertebra of the neck)

an atlas

an atlas

atlas (bound collection of maps)

atlas (bound collection of maps)

atlas (figure of a man used as a column)

atlas (the uppermost vertebra of the neck)

atlas (collection of maps)

atlas (topmost vertebra)

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atlas

atlas (a bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text)

atlas (the uppermost vertebra of the neck)

Source: wiktionary.org