atlas en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈætlɪs/ (UK, sometimes)
- /ˈætləs/ (UK)
- /ˈætləs/ (US)
- /ˈəʈ.ləs/ (South-Asia) spelling pronunciation
- ătʹləs (US)
- (General-American) audio
- /ˈæʈ.ləs/ (South-Asia)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Atlas, from the name of the Ancient Greek mythological figure Ἄτλας (Átlas, “Bearer (of the Heavens)”), from τλῆναι (tlênai, “to suffer”, “to endure”, “to bear”). The sense referring to books of maps comes from the Atlas of Mercator, which he named thus in honor of Atlas, who was supposed to be skillful in astronomy and the doctrine of the sphere. The sense referring to the vertebra reflects that the spine carries the globe of the cranium (the neck carries the head).
Meanings
- A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
- A bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc. on any given subject.
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(especially, in anatomy, of the human body) 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.
Our perception of the body as the natural “space of the origin and distribution of disease”, a space determined by the anatomical atlas', is merely one of the various ways in which medicine has formed its “knowledge”.
1997: Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, page 55 (Totem Books, Icon Books; →ISBN)Finally, Subsol et al. [6] reported on a method for automatically constructing 3D morphometric anatomical atlantes which is based on the extraction of line and point features and their subsequent non-rigid registration.
2003, Isabelle E. Magnin, Functional Imaging and Modeling of the Heart, Springer, →ISBN, page 19:In addition to classical radiology systems like angiography, CT scanner or MRI have greatly contributed to the improvement of the patient anatomy investigation. Each examination modality still carries its own information and the need to make a synthesis between them is obvious but still makes different problems hard to solve. There is no unique imaging facility which can bring out the whole set of known anatomical structures, brought together in a neuro-anatomical atlas.
1991, Alan C. F. Colchester, David J. Hawkes, editors, Information Processing in Medical Imaging, Springer, →ISBN, page 154:An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs
1904: Eugène Collin, An Anatomical Atlas of Vegetable Powders Designed as an Aid to the Microscopic Analysis of Powdered Foods and Drugs, main title (J. & A. Churchill)
- (qualifier:differential geometry) A family of coordinate charts that cover a manifold.
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The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.
Ribs and spines show through the thin layer of meat left on the carcase, and, where the head meets the body, the crucial first vertebra – the atlas – is exposed.
2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 174:There are of these glands upon the first vertebra of the neck of the atlas; on which the head turns[…]
1734, William Stukeley, Of the Gout, part II, page 58:
- One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.
- A figure of a man used as a column.
- (qualifier:paper) A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.
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An image or texture containing a number of other images or textures, so as to reduce the cost of loading them separately.
a glyph atlas used in font rendering
a texture atlas
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| atlases | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| atlantes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
gazetteer · gazetteer · caryatid
Deriveds
wing of the atlas · atlasing · proatlas · wing of atlas
Relateds
Synonyms
telamon · atlanto- · atlo- · atlantid
Translations (143)
ca atles (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · cmn 地圖冊 /地图册 (bound collection of maps) · is atlas (bound collection of maps) · et atlas (bound collection of maps) · fi kannattajanikama ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · nb atlas (bound collection of maps) · gl atlas (bound collection of maps) · el άτλας (one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay) · de Atlas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · fi atlas ((differential geometry, topology) family of coordinate maps that cover a manifold) · es atlas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · pl atlas (bound collection of maps) · sk atlas (bound collection of maps) · eo atlaso (bound collection of maps) · sco atlas (bound collection of maps) · it atlante (bound collection of maps) · tl atlas (bound collection of maps) · cmn 第一頸椎 /第一颈椎 ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · fr atlas (bound collection of maps) · ky атлас (bound collection of maps) · bo ས་བཁྲའི་དེབ (bound collection of maps) · sq arrëz ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · pt atlas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · sq atlas (bound collection of maps) · sv ringkota ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · ru а́тлас (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · hi एटलस (bound collection of maps) · cs atlas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · pl telamon ((architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon) · pl atlas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · lt atlasas (bound collection of maps) · tk atlas (bound collection of maps) · ru атла́нт ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · et atlas (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · fo atlas (bound collection of maps) · lv atlants (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · ms atlas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · ms atlas (bound collection of maps) · fi asiakirja (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · uk а́тлас (bound collection of maps) · kk атлас (bound collection of maps) · sh atlas (bound collection of maps) · he אַטְלָס (bound collection of maps) · tr atlas (bound collection of maps) · el άτλας (bound collection of maps) · et koljusammas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · hu atlasz ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · ja 環椎 ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · bg а́тлас (bound collection of maps) · cmn 圖解集 /图解集 (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · vi tập bản đồ (bound collection of maps) · km សៀវភៅផែនទី (bound collection of maps) · hi मानचित्रावली (bound collection of maps) · de Atlas (bound collection of maps) · af atlas (bound collection of maps) · ast atles ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · nn atlas (bound collection of maps) · ast atles (bound collection of maps) · de Atlas (one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay) · bo ས་བཁྲ (bound collection of maps) · fi kartasto (bound collection of maps) · el άτλας ((architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon) · ru а́тлас (bound collection of maps) · ga atlas (bound collection of maps) · ko 도록 (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · nl atlas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · is kortabók (bound collection of maps) · pl dźwigacz ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · el άτλαντας ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · ka ატლასი (bound collection of maps) · fi kuvasto (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · ro atlas (bound collection of maps) · sw atlasi (bound collection of maps) · fa اطلس (bound collection of maps) · ga atlas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · bg атла́нт ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · ca atles ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · uz atlas (bound collection of maps) · fi selvitys (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · de Atlant ((architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon) · el άτλαντας (bound collection of maps) · ja 地図帳 (bound collection of maps) · nl atlas (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · hy ատլաս (bound collection of maps) · hy քարտեզագիրք (bound collection of maps) · gl atlas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · sl atlas (bound collection of maps) · lv pirmais kakla skriemelis ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · ja 図録 (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · tg атлас (bound collection of maps) · bg атла́нт (one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay) · sq atlas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · vi át-lát (bound collection of maps) · ca atles (bound collection of maps) · pt atlas (bound collection of maps) · el άτλας ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · ru атла́нт (one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay) · pl atlant ((architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon) · mk атлас (bound collection of maps) · de Atlas ((architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon) · da atlas (bound collection of maps) · nl atlas (bound collection of maps) · de Atlas ((differential geometry, topology) family of coordinate maps that cover a manifold) · sv atlas (bound collection of maps) · cmn 男像柱 ((architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon) · pl atlas ((architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon) · it atlante ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · mi pukapuka mapi (bound collection of maps) · eo maparo (bound collection of maps) · ru атла́нт ((architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon) · fi atlas (bound collection of maps) · id atlas (bound collection of maps) · sh атлас (bound collection of maps) · es atlas (bound collection of maps) · lv atlants (bound collection of maps) · et atlas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · bg а́тлас (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · cmn 身負重擔的人 /身负重担的人 (one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay) · ar أَطْلَس (bound collection of maps) · ru Атла́нт (one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay) · ko 환추 ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · io atlaso (bound collection of maps) · th แผนที่เล่ม (bound collection of maps) · ckb ئەفسووس (bound collection of maps) · fi tukipylväs (one who supports a heavy burden; mainstay) · ko 지도책 (bound collection of maps) · el άτλας (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · fi atlas (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · cmn 寰椎 ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · cs atlas (bound collection of maps) · hu atlasz ((architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon) · lv atlants ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · hu atlasz (bound collection of maps) · az atlas (bound collection of maps) · ja 第一頚椎 ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · de Atlas (bound collection of tables, illustrations, etc., on any subject) · jv atlas (bound collection of maps) · be а́тлас (bound collection of maps) · ko 제1목뼈 ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · fi atlantti ((architecture) a figure of a man used as a column; telamon) · fi atlas ((anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the neck) · cmn 地圖集 /地图集 (bound collection of maps) · hi अटलस (bound collection of maps)