01 n. One who sustains a great burden.
pl.
Atlases
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1.
One who sustains a great burden.
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2.
The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.(Anat.)
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3.
A collection of maps in a volume
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A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
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5.
A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.
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A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio. Also: atlas folio
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Phrases & compounds
Atlas powder —
see Atlas powder in the vocabulary; a blasting compound containing nitroglycerin.