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Definitions for Atlas

[1] a bound collection of maps.
[2] a bound volume of charts, plates, or tables illustrating any subject.
[3] Anatomy . the first cervical vertebra, which supports the head.
[4] a size of drawing or writing paper, 26 × 34 or 33 inches.
[5] Also called telamon. Architecture . a sculptural figure of a man used as a column.
[6] Classical Mythology . a Titan, son of Iapetus and brother of Prometheus and Epimetheus, condemned to support the sky on his shoulders: identified by the ancients with the Atlas Mountains.
[7] a person who supports a heavy burden; a mainstay.
[8] Charles Angelo Siciliano , 1894–1972, U.S. body-building advocate, born in Italy.
[9] a liquid-propellant booster rocket, originally developed as the first U.S. ICBM, used with Agena or Centaur upper stages to launch satellites into orbit around the earth and send probes to the moon and planets; also used to launch the Mercury spacecraft into orbit around the earth.
[10] a collection of maps, usually in book form
[11] a book of charts, graphs, etc, illustrating aspects of a subject an anatomical atlas
[12] anatomy the first cervical vertebra, attached to and supporting the skull in man Compare axis 1
[13] plural atlantes architect another name for telamon
[14] a standard size of drawing paper, 26 × 17 inches
[15] Greek myth a Titan compelled to support the sky on his shoulders as punishment for rebelling against Zeus
[16] a US intercontinental ballistic missile, also used in launching spacecraft
[17] astronomy a small satellite of Saturn, discovered in 1980

Words related to Atlas

picture, sketch, outline, graph, design, plan, print, drawing, essay, album, novel, publication, dictionary, pamphlet, text, work, manual, textbook, fiction, volume

Words nearby Atlas

atlanticist, atlantis, atlanto-, atlanto-occipital membrane, atlantoaxial, atlas, atlas cedar, atlas mountains, atlatl, atli, atlo-

Origin of Atlas

1580–90 in sense “prop, support”; as name for a collection of maps, said to be from illustrations of Atlas supporting the globe in early books of this kind

Word origin for Atlas

C16: via Latin from Greek; first applied to maps, from depictions of Atlas supporting the heavens in 16th-century collections of maps

Synonyms for Atlas

design, drawing, graph, outline, picture, plan, print, sketch, delineation, diagram, draft, elevation, globe, plat, portrayal, projection, tracing, ground plan, topographical depiction