atlas
/ˈætləs/ noun B1- 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.
Plural atlases
From the library
“It is a great honor to me,” returned Monte Cristo, “to be thus, on the first day of my arrival in Paris, brought in contact with a man whose merit equals his reputation, and to whom fortune has for once been equitable, but has she not still on the plains of Mitidja, or in the mountains of Atlas, a marshal’s staff to offer you?”
A dog-eared atlas in the glove compartment often bears the faded pencil marks and coffee stains of countless past adventures.
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