atlas

IPA: ˈætɫʌs

A bound collection of maps often including tables, illustrations or other text.
A bound collection of tables, illustrations etc. on any given subject.
(chiefly in anatomy, especially 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.
(differential geometry, topology) A family of coordinate charts that cover a manifold.
(anatomy) The uppermost vertebra of the cervical spine in the neck in humans and some other animals.
One who supports a heavy burden; mainstay.
(architecture) A figure of a man used as a column.
(paper) A sheet of paper measuring 26 inches by 34 inches.
(historical) A rich satin fabric.
(Greek mythology) The son of Iapetus and Clymene, war leader of the Titans ordered by the god Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders; father to the Hesperides, the Hyades, and the Pleiades; king of the legendary Atlantis.
A placename:
(astronomy) A moon of Saturn.
(astronomy) A crater in the last quadrant of the moon.
(astronomy) A triple star system in the Pleiades open cluster (M45) also known as 27 Tauri.
(countable) A surname.
(astronautics, military, US) An SM-65, an early ICBM, soon developed into a long-lived orbital launch vehicle series.
(astronautics, military, US) A particular model or individual specimen of the Atlas missile and launch vehicle line.
A subgroup of the Berber languages.

Examples of "atlas" in Sentences

The Guia Roji atlas is a very good compendium of maps.
This atlas is an interactive mosaic of 14 aerial photographs of the Necropolis from 1979.
If it's your spouse, you go have sex in atlas while everyone is out walking around with their moms.
Went to Beverly Hills today and looked at some stars 'homes (will blog about this soon in atlas (t).)
Here's a brain atlas papercraft that many students especially those in the medical field will find useful and interesting.
You flex the head forward as far as it will go, then you push a broad needle or a thin scalpel into what we call the atlas, the first cervical vertebra.
The volume was painstakingly compiled by hand in the 16th century by Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator, the man believed to have coined the term "atlas" for a collection of maps.