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atlas - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'atlas' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Atlas [ n.]
- One who sustains a great burden.
- The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.
- A collection of maps in a volume
- A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
- A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.
- A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.
- A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
- A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.