1. atlas - Noun
2. Atlas - Proper noun
A drawing paper of large size. See under Paper, n.
One who sustains a great burden.
The first vertebra of the neck, articulating immediately with the skull, thus sustaining the globe of the head, whence the name.
A collection of maps in a volume
A volume of plates illustrating any subject.
A work in which subjects are exhibited in a tabular from or arrangement; as, an historical atlas.
A large, square folio, resembling a volume of maps; -- called also atlas folio.
A rich kind of satin manufactured in India.
Source: Webster's dictionary1965 graph of USAF Atlas and Titan ICBM launches, cumulative by month with failures highlighted (pink). Source: Internet
A comet called C/2019 Y4 Atlas has brightened at a surprising rate, and may be visible by unaided eye by the end of the month. Source: Internet
According to Difore's Atlas of Histology the walls of aorta are elastic. Source: Internet
After returning the rocket to the VIF on Monday night, technicians swapped out the problematic environmental control system duct, which may have been damaged from high winds during the Atlas 5’s first trek to the pad. Source: Internet
After its introduction on Plancius's globe, the constellation's first known appearance in a celestial atlas was in German cartographer Johann Bayer 's Uranometria of 1603, where it was called "Apis Indica". Source: Internet
After the reports broke, WCCO uncovered Facebook posts credited to the account Anthony Caudle, listed on the company’s website as the chairman and co-founder of Atlas Aegis, offering payment of $700 per day — along with $210 per diem — to staff Minnesota. Source: Internet